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Post by Frenchie on Nov 19, 2009 17:35:58 GMT 1
A bomb made safe by the Army in Armagh was designed to kill police officers, a senior policeman has said.
The alert began after police received a report late on Wednesday night that a suspicious device had been left in the Friary Road area.
Nearby homes were evacuated and the road was closed. It has since reopened.
District Commander Chief Superintendent Alasdair Robinson said it was "a viable explosive device capable of causing serious injury or indeed death".
He said the initial call by a member of the public helped them pinpoint exactly where the device had been left.
"I have no doubt the aim was to kill police officers engaged in providing a community service to the area," he said.
"The actions of both our local police officers and of the Army technical officers are in stark contrast to that of the reckless criminal terrorists who abandoned this device close to private homes placing the lives of those living in this area at risk."
In July, police in the area came under attack with missiles and paint during another security alert in which a minor explosion occurred.
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