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Pipe Bomb Attack Evacuates Homes in North Belfast
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A pipe bomb was pushed through a north Belfast letterbox on Stanhope Street at about 3am on Friday, exploding and damaging the door and hallway. Nicola Nugent and her four children escaped unhurt. She said the attack was mistaken identity. Nearby homes were evacuated while Army bomb experts investigated. Sinn Féin assembly member Carál Ní Chuilín condemned the blast and called it an attempted murder.
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