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Loyalists behind four blast bombs Loyalists 'behind blast bombs'
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Loyalist paramilitaries were responsible for four blast bombs found near a BMX track in south Belfast, police have said. Loyalist paramilitaries left four blast bombs beside a BMX track in south Belfast, the police have said.
A security operation began on Tuesday when a suspicious object was discovered in Bentham Drive off Donegall Road. They were discovered after a tip-off from a member of the public on Tuesday night.
Police did not say which loyalist group they thought was responsible. The blast bombs had been left beside a bench in a BMX park, used by children, near the railway line on Bentham Drive, off Donegall Road.
They condemned those who left the devices near where children could be playing and have appealed to the public for information. The police said that the devices, while crude, were "viable" and could have "killed or caused serious injury".
The Army carried out a controlled explosion during the alert, which was also near a railway line. Railway services were disrupted while the Army carried out a controlled explosion.
Railway services were disrupted for a time but have now returned to normal. Chief Inspector Trevor O'Neill said those responsible were "out of touch".
"We believe that the devices are linked to loyalist paramilitaries and let me be clear - there is absolutely no place in a civilised society for people to be acquiring crude devices for whatever their misguided purposes are," he said.
"Thankfully these devices have now been taken out of circulation.
"Society is moving forward and it is vital that we have the continued support of all the community to ensure that incidents like this are firmly confined to the past."
Police have appealed for information from anyone who may have noticed anything suspicious in the area last night - particularly those who may have seen a man with a black holdall.