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Esplosa bomba presso base esercito a North Belfast

Police investigate TA base ‘bomb’

Police are investigating reports of an explosion near a Territorial Army base in north Belfast.

North BelfastPolice said members of the public reported hearing a bang in the Ashfield Crescent area off the Antrim Road between 0130-0200 BST on Thursday.

The area has been cordoned off while a suspect device which may have been thrown at the base is examined by Army technical experts.

There are no reports of any injuries or damage.

Forensic officers are examining an area outside the perimeter of the base.

According to the MoD website, The North Irish Horse, a Royal Armoured Corp unit, is based at the Dunmore Park Camp.

‘Escalation’

The website also says soldiers from the regiment train at the base most Wednesdays.

North Belfast Sinn Fein councillor Tierna Cunningham said the apparent bomb attack was “reckless and endangered families living nearby”.

The area’s DUP MP Nigel Dodds said north Belfast had “witnessed an escalation of dissident republican terrorist activity”.

There has been an increase in security across Northern Ireland following a number of recent incidents blamed on dissident republicans, who oppose the peace process.

Last Friday, a police officer’s partner was injured when a bomb exploded under her car in east Belfast.

In September, the dissident republican Real IRA admitted leaving bombs outside the homes of relatives of a police officer in Londonderry.

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