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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. |
They were left on the Springfield and West Circular roads, near the route of the Whiterock parade, but later declared "elaborate hoaxes. | |
Fifty Orangemen were allowed through the Workman Avenue gate and onto the mainly nationalist Springfield Road. | |
A number of plastic bottles and other missiles were thrown at the Orangemen. No-one was injured. | |
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. |