Homes evacuated after pipe bomb attack in Belfast

Homes have been evacuated after a pipe bomb attack at a property in north Belfast.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said cordons are in place and a number of residents had been evacuated after the incident in the Stanhope Street area.

The explosion is said to have occurred in the early hours of Friday morning.

However, no injuries have been reported as a result of the "pipe bomb attack", a local councillor said.

PSNI said: "Police are at the scene of a security alert in the Stanhope Street area of north Belfast following an explosion at a house in the early hours of Friday, 16th October.

"Cordons are in place and a number of local residents are being evacuated."

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Members of the public, including motorists, have been asked to avoid the area.

Sinn Fein councillor JJ Magee condemned the pipe bomb attack and confirmed no one had been injured.

"This is as a reckless and dangerous act that has left the local community in shock," he said.

"This attack must be unequivocally condemned, and those responsible must stop immediately.

"Thankfully, no one has been injured."

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