UVF suspected in Coveney bomb threat

Screengrab taken from video issued by the Hume Foundation of Irish Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Coveney, being ushered from the room due to a security alert whilst he was speaking at a peacebuilding event organised by the John and Pat Hume Foundation at The Houben Centre, Belfast. Issue date: Friday March 25, 2022.

The UVF is suspected to be behind a serious security alert during which Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney was whisked to safety amid fears a bomb was planted in a nearby van.

Police in Northern Ireland said loyalist paramilitaries hijacked a van and forced the driver to park close to the centre where Mr Coveney was speaking at a peace and reconciliation event in north Belfast.