RUC finds 5 pipe bombs in Antrim

The RUC yesterday uncovered five pipe-bombs in Cloughmills, Co Antrim, near where the homes of Catholic families have been attacked…

The RUC yesterday uncovered five pipe-bombs in Cloughmills, Co Antrim, near where the homes of Catholic families have been attacked by loyalists. No arrests were made after the devices were discovered in a laneway.

Meanwhile, the RUC does not believe that a pipe-bomb attack on a taxi rank in north Belfast was sectarian.

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