Army declares object found in Craigavon a hoax

A suspicious object found outside a courthouse in Craigavon earlier this morning has been declared a hoax following an examination…

A suspicious object found outside a courthouse in Craigavon earlier this morning has been declared a hoax following an examination by a British army bomb disposal team.

The object, which a police spokesman said looked like a pipe bomb, was found at 11.30 a.m. on the roof of a sentry box outside the Co Armagh courthouse.

The alert was raised after a warning was given to a Belfast newsroom.

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