Man arrested after bomb is found in Strabane, near Irish border

Police in Northern Ireland have confirmed that a bomb was found following a security alert near the Irish border on Saturday morning.

The improvised explosive device (IED) was discovered in Strabane, Co Tyrone, on Saturday morning.

During the alert, in the highly residential and built-up Church View area of the border town, residents were evacuated from their homes as Army bomb experts investigated.

A man was arrested under the Terrorism Act in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Political representatives condemned the alert, in which pensioners forced were to leave their homes.

Via Irish Times

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