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Pipe bomb is found at GAA ground | Pipe bomb is found at GAA ground |
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A pipe bomb has been found at a GAA ground in County Down. | A pipe bomb has been found at a GAA ground in County Down. |
It was discovered during an overnight alert at the ground on the Ballela Road outside Banbridge. | It was discovered during an overnight alert at the ground on the Ballela Road outside Banbridge. |
Police have described the device as "viable" and it has now been removed by the Army. | Police have described the device as "viable" and it has now been removed by the Army. |
The alert began at about 2100 GMT on Wednesday after a telephone warning. A male caller said a device had been left at the ground. | The alert began at about 2100 GMT on Wednesday after a telephone warning. A male caller said a device had been left at the ground. |
SDLP assembly member Dolores Kelly said the incident was despicable. | |
"Children and young people often go to the playing field for a kick around or a puck, and could have very easily come across this device with disastrous consequences. | |
"The entire community will strongly condemn this incident, and those responsible must desist in this type of threatening attack on a community facility," she said. | |
Police have appealed for anyone who saw any suspicious activity in the area on Wednesday evening to contact them. | Police have appealed for anyone who saw any suspicious activity in the area on Wednesday evening to contact them. |
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