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Monday, 19 November 2007, 16:01 GMT

Shopping centre alert was 'hoax'

CastleCourt shopping centre was evacuated A security alert at a shopping complex in Belfast city centre has been declared a hoax.

Hundreds of people were forced to leave CastleCourt shopping centre on Monday afternoon due to a bomb scare.

At one stage, Royal Avenue was also cordoned off. The security alert is now over.

On Friday, there were traffic delays in the Boucher Road area of Belfast following a security alert. It also turned out to be a hoax device.




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