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11:58 GMT, Sunday, 14 September 2008 12:58 UK

Bomb discovered in border village

Bomb squad

A bomb has been discovered concealed in a hedge in a border area of County Armagh, the police have said.

A security alert has been ongoing in Jonesboro since Saturday afternoon, following reports of a device being left in the village.

On Sunday, police said that Army bomb experts were removing what is understood to be "a viable device".

Finnegans Road and Molly Road have been cordoned off while the device is removed.



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