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| Loyalist paramilitaries left four blast bombs beside a BMX track in south Belfast, the police have said. | Loyalist paramilitaries left four blast bombs beside a BMX track in south Belfast, the police have said. |
| They were discovered after a tip-off from a member of the public on Tuesday night. | They were discovered after a tip-off from a member of the public on Tuesday night. |
| 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. | 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. |
| The police said that the devices, while crude, were "viable" and could have "killed or caused serious injury". | The police said that the devices, while crude, were "viable" and could have "killed or caused serious injury". |
| Railway services were disrupted while the Army carried out a controlled explosion.Chief Inspector Trevor O'Neill said loyalists were behind the attacks | |
| Chief Inspector Trevor O'Neill said those responsible were "out of touch". | 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. | "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. | "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." | "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 someone with a black holdall. |