Pipe bomb made safe at Antrim village

PSNI says roads since reopened after army disabled viable device discovered at Tildarg

A pipe bomb which the PSNI described as viable was discovered at
in
 Tildarg Road, Kells, Co Antrim, last night. It was later made safe.
A pipe bomb which the PSNI described as viable was discovered at in Tildarg Road, Kells, Co Antrim, last night. It was later made safe.

Army technical experts have made safe a small bomb in Co Antrim.

The pipe bomb, which the PSNI described as viable, was discovered at Tildarg Road, Kells, last night.

It is the second time in as many weeks that an explosive device has been found in the village.

Roads in the area were closed to traffic for several hours as the pipe bomb was defused.

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A spokesman for the PSNI said the area had since been reopened.

A fortnight ago a similar device was found wrapped in a plastic bag in a hedgerow near Kells.

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