Bomb explodes in Belfast Cathedral Quarter
Bomb explodes in Belfast Cathedral Quarter
Police have issued a warning to shopkeepers and businesses in
Belfast after a bomb partially exploded on the pavement in the popular
Cathedral Quarter on one of the busiest nights in the run-up to
Christmas, following a telephoned warning.
Police and army bomb experts
are attending the scene, where hundreds of people have been evacuated
from restaurants and other premises, including nearby apartments.
The
small explosion happened at around 6.45pm on Friday in the Exchange
Street West area and Talbot Street has been cordoned off. The warning
was received about an hour earlier by the Irish News. UTV understands
the device was in a box on the pavement, near a car, when it
exploded.
The area was being cleared when it went off – police with
sniffer dogs are conducting searches in the wake of the explosion. There
are no reports of any injuries.
”The exact nature of tonight’s
explosive device in the Cathedral area has not yet been established,” a
PSNI spokesman said. An emergency centre has been set up at City Hall
for evacuated residents.
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