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15/01/2013
Pipe Bomb Made Safe At Limerick Apartment Complex
A pipe bomb has been made safe at an apartment complex in Limerick city.
The Defence Forces team from Cork deployed to Upper Cecil Street in Limerick following a request from the Garda. The area between Catherine Street and Dominic Street had been cordoned off and local residents were evacuated to a safe location.
The team arrived at 11.25am and examined the improvised device, which was discovered in the apartment complex during a planned Garda operation on Tuesday morning. The device was found in a ground floor apartment of the four-storey building some time before 9am.
It was made safe at the scene without the need for a controlled explosion and taken to a secure location for technical examination.
Four people, two men and two women aged in their 20s and 30s, were arrested earlier the apartment complex where the device was discovered.
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The Defence Forces team from Cork deployed to Upper Cecil Street in Limerick following a request from the Garda. The area between Catherine Street and Dominic Street had been cordoned off and local residents were evacuated to a safe location.
The team arrived at 11.25am and examined the improvised device, which was discovered in the apartment complex during a planned Garda operation on Tuesday morning. The device was found in a ground floor apartment of the four-storey building some time before 9am.
It was made safe at the scene without the need for a controlled explosion and taken to a secure location for technical examination.
Four people, two men and two women aged in their 20s and 30s, were arrested earlier the apartment complex where the device was discovered.
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