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The component parts of a very large bomb have been found near Rosslea in County Fermanagh, police have said.The component parts of a very large bomb have been found near Rosslea in County Fermanagh, police have said.
Six weeks ago dissident republicans warned that they had left a device on the Donagh to Rosslea road. The "very substantial explosive device", which included about 100lbs of fertiliser, was found in a field near the Donagh to Rosslea Road on Tuesday.
The parts, which included about 100lbs of fertiliser, were discovered on Tuesday by a man working on farmland. Six weeks ago dissident republicans warned of a device on the road.
PSNI Chief Inspector Alywin Barton said lives could have been lost. "Had these elements exploded, members of the public would have lost their lives." PSNI Chief Inspector Alywin Barton said lives could have been lost: "Had these elements exploded, members of the public would have lost their lives."
He said the parts were also capable of causing serious injury and "widespread damage".He said the parts were also capable of causing serious injury and "widespread damage".
"They were located 125 metres from the nearest house," he said. "This device was left very close to a house where children live and there was complete disregard for the fact that if these items had exploded then there could have been considerable damage, injury or death.
"This is a very very strong example of how this small group of people are quite prepared to place very serious, very dangerous elements such as this close to property where people live.
PSNI Chief Inspector Alywin Barton said lives could have been lostPSNI Chief Inspector Alywin Barton said lives could have been lost
"They have complete disregard for the fact that if these elements had exploded members of the public would have lost their lives." "This is a very, very strong example of how this small group of people are quite prepared to place very serious, very dangerous elements such as this close to property where people live."
Security alerts
Residents had to be evacuated from their homes on Wednesday while police searched the area.Residents had to be evacuated from their homes on Wednesday while police searched the area.
It was the latest in a series of alerts in the county in recent months. It was the latest in a series of alerts in the county in the last year.
Police have carried out a number of searches in response to claims by dissident republicans that bombs have been abandoned on rural roads. In recent weeks, police carried out a number of searches in response to the claim that a bomb had been abandoned on the road.
In April, 18 houses were evacuated and a road closed near Dernawilt after a report that a bomb had been left on the Rosslea to Donagh Road. A police spokesperson said that there have been claims of other incidents which they had not been able to substantiate.
Fermanagh security alerts June 2008: Explosive device partially detonates near RossleaAugust 2008: An attempt is made to fire a handheld grenade at a police patrol in LisnaskeaOctober 2008: Explosive device left in WattlebridgeMay 2009: Component parts of a "very substantial explosive device" found near Rosslea
"The very vagueness and inaccuracy of these claims shows that we are right to be careful and treat them all with caution.
"In the meantime, we continue to urge the people of the area to be vigilant.
"They have been patient and supportive of police and we are determined to provide them with the community-based policing they ask for and deserve."
The police station in Lisnaskea is also to get extra security amid what police described as the "serious dissident threat" in parts of the county.The police station in Lisnaskea is also to get extra security amid what police described as the "serious dissident threat" in parts of the county.
A planning application has been submitted to increase the steel fencing around the station by 2.5 metres.A planning application has been submitted to increase the steel fencing around the station by 2.5 metres.