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| People moved in garage bomb alert | People moved in garage bomb alert |
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| A number of families living in west Belfast were forced to leave their homes on Tuesday after a suspicious object was found at a nearby garage. | |
| Part of the Falls Road between Broadway and Donegall Road was closed off during the alert which started about 2200 BST. | |
| Many families were able to stay with relatives and others were told they could stay in a nearby church hall. | Many families were able to stay with relatives and others were told they could stay in a nearby church hall. |
| Army bomb experts carried out a controlled explosion on the object. It was later declared a hoax. | |
| The people closest to the garage where the device was found live on Islandbawn Drive, off the Falls Road. | The people closest to the garage where the device was found live on Islandbawn Drive, off the Falls Road. |
| Martin Turner, who got back into his home on the street at about 0230 BST, said it was very distressing. | Martin Turner, who got back into his home on the street at about 0230 BST, said it was very distressing. |
| "I only got about three hours sleep," he said. | "I only got about three hours sleep," he said. |
| "I just hope trouble doesn't start again, people don't really want it. | "I just hope trouble doesn't start again, people don't really want it. |
| "People were not happy about having to get out of their homes. There was a bomb scare earlier on in the day, about five o'clock, when I was coming home from work. | "People were not happy about having to get out of their homes. There was a bomb scare earlier on in the day, about five o'clock, when I was coming home from work. |
| "Then I got a knock at the door about midnight from a policeman who told me to get out." | "Then I got a knock at the door about midnight from a policeman who told me to get out." |
| A police spokesman said the object had been declared a hoax at about 0215 BST. |