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| School closes in security alert | School closes in security alert |
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| Three hundred and fifty children at a primary school in Belfast have been sent home because of a security alert. | Three hundred and fifty children at a primary school in Belfast have been sent home because of a security alert. |
| St Aidan's PS on the Springfield Road closed due to a suspect object on the Whiterock Road. Police later said it was not suspicious. | |
| A similar alert closed Ligoneil Road between Mountainhill Road and Crumlin Road. It was declared a hoax. | |
| The alerts come a day after widespread disruption caused by hoax bomb alerts and hijackings across Belfast. | The alerts come a day after widespread disruption caused by hoax bomb alerts and hijackings across Belfast. |
| During Monday's chaos, a number of vehicles were hijacked and burnt out. Two Housing Executive workers were carrying out repairs in Ardoyne when their vehicle was hijacked. | During Monday's chaos, a number of vehicles were hijacked and burnt out. Two Housing Executive workers were carrying out repairs in Ardoyne when their vehicle was hijacked. |
| A device was thrown onto a lemonade van in Finaghy Road North. | A device was thrown onto a lemonade van in Finaghy Road North. |
| The driver was told to drive it under a bridge but a spokesperson for Maine Soft Drinks Ltd said he drove it to waste ground. | The driver was told to drive it under a bridge but a spokesperson for Maine Soft Drinks Ltd said he drove it to waste ground. |
| North Belfast Sinn Fein MLA Carol Ni Chuilin said people living in nationalist and republican areas were badly affected by the violence. | North Belfast Sinn Fein MLA Carol Ni Chuilin said people living in nationalist and republican areas were badly affected by the violence. |
| "This is criminality here... working class republican and nationalist people put out of their homes, intimidated, robbed, attacked... how is this going to unite Ireland?" she said. | "This is criminality here... working class republican and nationalist people put out of their homes, intimidated, robbed, attacked... how is this going to unite Ireland?" she said. |
| All the roads effected by Monday's rush hour disturbances have since been reopened. | All the roads effected by Monday's rush hour disturbances have since been reopened. |