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A PIPE BOMB exploded outside a house in North Down in the early hours of this morning.
Police were called to the scene after a woman heard a loud bang outside her home.
It happened at Church Green in Holywood at around 12:35am.
British Army Bomb experts recovered the pipe bomb device and took it away for further forensic examinations.
No one was injured during the incident.
Police are appealing to anyone with any information to contact them on the new non-emergency number 101.
Or if someone would prefer to provide information without giving their details, they can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers and speak to them anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Meanwhile yesterday evening two suspected pipe bombs were discovered in Strabane, Tyrone.
The search was carried out by detectives from PSNI Serious Crime Branch investigating dissident republican activity.
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Notice how its almost always in social housing estates
Poorest have less education and more insular world views, hence more sympathetic of extremist views and more susceptible to radicalisation. Works for both “sides”.
Yous are two dopes.
Thank you for that informed contribution Phil.
+1 Mr Phil. They’re just trolls who think to say something controversial will get a reaction.
You can’t just say “troll” if you don’t like a comment. It’s hardly “controversial” to say there is poorer education in lower socio-economic areas and areas of disadvantage and that these areas unfortunately exhibit a higher degree of extremism and hate crime. Fix the underlying causes – hardly “trolling”.
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