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West Belfast bomb find: Man is arrested | West Belfast bomb find: Man is arrested |
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A man has been arrested after a bomb was recovered by police in west Belfast. | |
It was found during a planned search of a house in Lenadoon Avenue at about 20:00 BST on Friday. | It was found during a planned search of a house in Lenadoon Avenue at about 20:00 BST on Friday. |
About 10 homes were evacuated while army bomb officers made the improvised explosive device safe. | |
The man who was arrested has been taken to Antrim police station. | |
Sinn Féin councillor Bill Groves said people were out of their homes for around three hours. | |
"There are elderly people there, people with children there, and they are displaced from their homes late on on a weekend evening," Mr Groves said. | |
"It's unfortunate that this kind of stuff is still happening in our communities." |
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