Bomb found near Ulster Unionist councillor's home:
'Viable' device found in lane near to Fermanagh home of Harold Andrews of the UUP
An Ulster Unionist councillor has claimed a bomb left close to his home may have been aimed at him.
Army bomb disposal officers removed a suspect device from a lane leading to councillor Harold Andrews' home early on Monday.
His son found the device which the army later said was "viable" near their house in Roslea close to the border with the Irish Republic.
Andrews said he was contacted after a caller rang a Belfast newsroom to state that a bomb had been left outside the house. It was not clear if the call included any reference to the UUP councillor specifically. He said it was a steel tube about 20cm long with wires coming out of it.
The councillor said police told him the device could have been meant for him or for responding officers.
"The fact that it was on my own lane would obviously indicate that it could have been meant for myself," he said.
The Ulster Unionists' former leader Tom Elliott, who sits in the Northern Ireland assembly, said there was a small group of intolerant people who wanted to drive Protestants out of Co Fermanagh.
The Fermanagh-born Democratic Unionist minister Arlene Foster said: "Councillor Andrews has been the subject of repeated attacks and he is to be commended for his resilience in the face of such bigotry. I would hope that those responsible for such attacks on the Fermanagh community can be brought to justice and that anyone with information will pass it to the police."
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'Viable' device found in lane near to Fermanagh home of Harold Andrews of the UUP
An Ulster Unionist councillor has claimed a bomb left close to his home may have been aimed at him.
Army bomb disposal officers removed a suspect device from a lane leading to councillor Harold Andrews' home early on Monday.
His son found the device which the army later said was "viable" near their house in Roslea close to the border with the Irish Republic.
Andrews said he was contacted after a caller rang a Belfast newsroom to state that a bomb had been left outside the house. It was not clear if the call included any reference to the UUP councillor specifically. He said it was a steel tube about 20cm long with wires coming out of it.
The councillor said police told him the device could have been meant for him or for responding officers.
"The fact that it was on my own lane would obviously indicate that it could have been meant for myself," he said.
The Ulster Unionists' former leader Tom Elliott, who sits in the Northern Ireland assembly, said there was a small group of intolerant people who wanted to drive Protestants out of Co Fermanagh.
The Fermanagh-born Democratic Unionist minister Arlene Foster said: "Councillor Andrews has been the subject of repeated attacks and he is to be commended for his resilience in the face of such bigotry. I would hope that those responsible for such attacks on the Fermanagh community can be brought to justice and that anyone with information will pass it to the police."
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