Viable pipe bomb found at GAA pitch in North

Bomb disposal experts have defused a viable pipe bomb that was found at a GAA pitch in the North last night.

Bomb disposal experts have defused a viable pipe bomb that was found at a GAA pitch in the North last night.

A bomb warning was made around 9pm, claiming a device had been left on the ground at the club on the Ballela Road in Banbridge, Co Down.

Army bomb disposal experts were summoned when the device was discovered and declared it viable.

Police have appealed for anyone with information to contact them.

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