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Hoax devices left on parade route Hoax devices disrupt Orange march
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An Orange Order parade in west Belfast was held up for about an hour following the discovery of suspicious devices.An Orange Order parade in west Belfast was held up for about an hour following the discovery of suspicious devices.
The devices were left on the Springfield and West Circular roads, near the route of the Whiterock parade. They were left on the Springfield and West Circular roads, near the route of the Whiterock parade, but later declared "elaborate hoaxes.
Two objects were found by Army technical officers, one in a bin, one at a bus shelter. They were later declared "elaborate hoaxes. Fifty Orangemen were allowed through the Workman Avenue gate and onto the mainly nationalist Springfield Road.
Last year the parade, at which there has been considerable trouble in previous years, passed off peacefully. A number of plastic bottles and other missiles were thrown at the Orangemen. No-one was injured.
On Thursday, DUP North MP Nigel Dodds urged calm and restraint to again be shown ahead of this year's parade. The suspicious objects were found by Army technical officers, one in a bin, one at a bus shelter.
After the missiles were thrown, Orange Order leaders encouraged their members to ignore the missiles and continue walking.
The rest of the march was peaceful.
There has been considerable trouble at the parade in previous years, but last year's march passed off peacefully.
On Thursday, DUP North MP Nigel Dodds urged calm and restraint to again be shown at this year's parade.
He was speaking after a delegation of senior DUP figures met the police to discuss the parade.He was speaking after a delegation of senior DUP figures met the police to discuss the parade.