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- 15 February 2013, 11:48
Pipe Bomb Found Near School In Belfast
A pipe bomb has been discovered close to a primary school in north Belfast.
The device was found in the Forth River Road area in the north of the city on Thursday afternoon, police said.
A suspicious object was discovered by a member of the public at about 3pm in a lane close to Forth River Primary.
A PSNI spokesman said: "Army technical experts attended and confirmed it to be a viable pipe bomb-type device."
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Mike MCDonough
6:58pm on 15/2/2013
Pity it did not blow up the s.cum who planted it.