Belfast mortar search finds nothing

Nothing has been found in a search for a mortar device in West Belfast which led to 100 houses being evacuated.

Nothing has been found in a search for a mortar device in West Belfast which led to 100 houses being evacuated.

Dissident republicans claimed to have fired the explosive at a police patrol on the Glen Road last Friday.

A PSNI spokeswoman said: “The search operation in the Glen Road area of West Belfast following a gun attack on police and a reported mortar attack is now over and nothing untoward has been found.

“There is no trace of any device or explosion.”

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Residents have been allowed to return to their homes, business owners to their properties and the road has re-opened to traffic.

PA