Hoax alert in Belfast city centre

Published Tuesday, 05 March 2013
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A security alert at a building in Belfast city centre has ended.

Hoax alert in Belfast city centre
Police and bomb disposal experts attend the scene of the Belfast alert. (© UTV)

A suspicious object was found in the Great Victoria Street property on Tuesday afternoon.

Part of the road was sealed off as army bomb experts examined the potential device.

They declared it to be a hoax.

© UTV News
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Lee in Belfast wrote (79 days ago):
day after day of this and not a single arrest , PSNI are only looking easy targets , teens on their bike going home or disabled men in wheelchairs , god forbid they would have to work for thier money and catch REAL criminals.
mike in Belfast wrote (80 days ago):
Aren't these coward bomb planters just great. What a way to go. Sad, sad inadequates in out midst I fear.
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