Pipe-bomb found by young child

Army technical officers were called to a house at Bellevue Terrace in Richhill, Co Armagh, at the weekend, after a young child…

Army technical officers were called to a house at Bellevue Terrace in Richhill, Co Armagh, at the weekend, after a young child picked up a pipebomb.

More than a dozen families in the mainly Protestant estate were moved from their homes while a controlled explosion was carried out. Police said they do not believe the motive was sectarian.

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