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Saturday, 27 June 2009

Parade passes off peacefully after alert delay

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Police have described a bomb alert on the route of the Whiterock Orange Order parade in west Belfast as an 'elaborate hoax'.
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Army bomb experts examined a number of suspicious objects on the Springfield Road at around 2pm on Saturday, as the Whiterock Orange Order parade was due to proceed along Workman's Avenue.

A call had been made earlier claiming that devices had been left in the area of West Circular Road and Workman's Avenue.

The controversial parade was delayed for a time but eventually passed off peacefully, although a number of missiles were thrown at marchers.

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At 21:18 on 27 June 2009, REALIST wrote:
Here we go again another year and still the same old nonsense, we want to march where ever we want to it's our right or you can't march in our area because we don't want you there we have a right to be free from sectarian hatred. My solution is to ban all contentious marches flags and bunting for the next 10 years regardless from which side.Might be a bit drastic but look at the Drumcree situation, it's all but been forgotten.
At 18:54 on 27 June 2009, marcella wrote:
i am so sick of this parade they need to stop having it. it ruins our lives every year and is a huge disruption. i have lived here for almost 20 years and its the same thing evry year.
At 17:38 on 27 June 2009, nathan wrote:
im a 19 year old from the shankill road and i would like to say i think its a disgrace that it took the bomb disposal team took over an hour to reach the west circular road after there was a device discovered ,i want to no why this took o long and it also took them another hour to dispose of this, now my anger is because this device could of went of while the bomb disposal team slowly took there time to get to the area , it doesnt seem like they are concernd about the protestant peoples safety and its out ragous and a full disgrace, thanks for taking my views on board ,i appreciate it
At 17:38 on 27 June 2009, amanda wrote:
my names amanda and im 44 and live in the protestant community of belfast,i am absolutly disgusted at the time taken for the bomb disposal unit to reach its destination of the west circular road, it took just over an hour to reach a suspect device , do protestant lifes not matter?as many of lifes could have been taken in an hour.
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