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Security alert at St Mary's Star of the Sea Church, Newtownabbey Hoax object left at St Mary's Star of the Sea Church, Newtownabbey
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A number of people have had to leave their homes due to a security alert at a Catholic Church in Newtownabbey, County Antrim. A security alert at a Catholic Church in Newtownabbey, County Antrim, has ended.
It follows the discovery of a suspicious object at St Mary's Star of the Sea Church on the Shore Road on Saturday afternoon. It began after a suspicious object was found at St Mary's Star of the Sea Church on the Shore Road on Saturday afternoon.
The Shore Road is closed at Doagh Road and also at the M5 Shore Road roundabout. Army technical officers carried out a controlled explosion on the object, which was later declared a hoax.
Army technical officers have been called. The Shore Road at Doagh Road and the M5 Shore Road roundabout have reopened.
Parish Priest Father Anthony Alexander said he was saddened by the disruption that had been caused.Parish Priest Father Anthony Alexander said he was saddened by the disruption that had been caused.
"I'd say the six o'clock Mass is one of my biggest Masses and there would be a lot of elderly people who go to it," he said."I'd say the six o'clock Mass is one of my biggest Masses and there would be a lot of elderly people who go to it," he said.
"It's just going to cause an awful lot of disruption. More importantly, there are bungalows opposite us, with a lot of elderly people.