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GAA team ‘target of bomb attack’ in Antrim

A pipe bomb has been found at a community centre in Antrim where a GAA team was training, the town’s mayor Adrian Watson has said.

A security alert was declared after a suspicious device was found outside the community centre on the Stiles estate.

Players from St Comgall’s GAA Club were escorted from the premises by police and the area has been cordoned off.

Mr Watson said it was a “disgusting attack by mindless thugs who had nothing to offer the community”.

“These are young men training in a community centre surrounded by hundreds of home,” he added.

“They have done nothing wrong, bar be members of a GAA club.”

Tommy Crilly, chairman of St Comgall’s GAA club, said: “We are a patently non-sectarian organisation, whose concerted efforts in encouraging participation from all sections of the Antrim community are well recognised.

“We would very much wish to be allowed to continue in safety to make our ongoing significant contribution to the rich sporting life of the Antrim area.”

Police have said they are looking for a second device and the area will remain cordoned off until Friday morning when the search will resume in daylight.

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