Mortar Device Found In Northern Ireland

Police in Northern Ireland have found a mortar device near a village of Cullyhanna, County Armagh.

The device, which was pointing skywards, was discovered during a major security operation close to the Irish border.

Soldiers with sniffer dogs and metal detectors have spent days scouring hedgerows and drainage ditches for signs of explosives.

An army bomb disposal robot was used to carry out a controlled explosion on the device, which was found near Bog Road and Lisleitrim Road.

Local residents were evacuated and armed police cordoned off the area.

A bomb disposal robot examines the device

Dominic Bradley, the Social Democratic and Labour Party MLA for Newry and Armagh, said: "The people of Cullyhanna, south Armagh and indeed the people of this island, want to be left in peace. Instead, those responsible still live in some warped existence of the past.

"There is palpable anger in the local community. They don't want this level of disruption as they go about their everyday lives.

"The community are relieved there have been no deaths or serious injury and they want those responsible to stop immediately."

Ulster Unionist MLA Danny Kennedy added: "I'm concerned at both the capability and the intent of those sinister elements behind this (device).

Armed police officers and soldiers were called to the scene

"It simply reinforces how important it is that local people give total support to the police and provide them with every assistance possible as they attempt to protect and serve the entire community."

The discovery comes after a mortar attack on a police station in Londonderry was foiled when security services stopped a van with four devices that were primed and ready to launch.

Mortars have also been found during security alerts in Belfast.

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