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Children find unexploded bomb

A group of children picked up an unexploded pipe bomb just minutes after another device blew up outside a nearby police station in Northern Ireland.

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Children 'caught up in reckless attack' on Belfast police

Chief Superintendent George Clarke said the children that picked up an unexploded pipe bomb in Belfast had been caught up in a reckless attack aimed at killing or maiming his officers.

The local police commander said the unexploded devices are "extremely volatile, very, very dangerous, utterly lethal and could function at any time".

Dissident republicans haven't moved forward and realised the way to advance any argument is political. No one has come forward to claim this [attack].

I cannot see the logic of throwing bombs at the back of a police station and then leaving an unexploded one for children to pick up.

– PSNI Chief Superintendent George Clarke

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