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Lauren Harte

North Belfast security alert: PSNI say UVF are chief suspects as device declared a hoax

Police have said they believe the UVF was behind a security alert in North Belfast, which forced Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney from the stage at a peacebuilding event.

Mr Coveney was taken to a "secure location" after The Houben Centre on Crumlin Road was evacuated on Friday morning.

At the time, Mr Coveney was speaking at the Building Common Ground event, organised by the John and Pat Hume Foundation, when a hijacked van was driven to the site.

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