Viable pipe bomb found during security alert

Cordons were in place and the public were advised to avoid the area
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A viable pipe bomb has been found during a security alert in Dunmurry, on the outskirts of Belfast.
A suspect device was reported near a residential property in the Colinvale area of Poleglass shortly after 10:00 BST on Friday.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said its officers "attended the scene together with ammunition technical officers who examined the device, which was discovered to be a viable pipe bomb, and it was made safe".
The security alert, which resulted in a number of people being moved from neighbouring properties, has now ended.

Some residents spent the afternoon in their cars as they waited to get back into their homes
Councillor Caoimhín McCann had said about 200-250 houses had been evacuated, affecting up to 400 people.
"We've had one man come back from a night shift who can't back in to get to bed; we have people that are needing their medication that they need to take daily," McCann said.
"Those involved have absolutely nothing to offer our community."