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| Britain |
| Bomb 'falls onto' school workman |
| 2005-10-11 |
| A workman cutting a hedge at a County Antrim school escaped injury when a bomb fell onto his foot, the principal has said. Lesley Meikle said she did not believe Harryville Primary School in Ballymena was the intended target but is furious lives were put at risk. The school's 142 pupils were moved out while the device was defused. It is not being linked to the recent discovery of pipe bomb parts. Further suspect devices have also been found. Mrs Meikle said maintenance men from the local education board were at the school, in the town's Casement Place area, when the incident happened at 0900 BST on Tuesday. "They were cutting the hedges for me and it fell out on one of the men that were cutting. Thankfully it didn't go off. That was a blessing. "We were taking children on the way to swimming when the workmen came down and told us to stop as they thought they had another suspicious device." "They had phoned the police and the police arrived around the same time. The maintenance men were rather shaken." DUP assembly member Ian Paisley Junior, who visited the scene, expressed his horror at the incident. He said: "This school experienced this before last month when three pipe bomb devices were dumped nearby. "It would be horrendous and deeply irresponsible should this have happened again. Those responsible clearly do not care for the well-being of children." The police said they did not think the school was the target. On 12 September, three viable pipe bombs were found in the Harryville area. A follow-up search of the area is now under way, and the school has been closed for the rest of the day. ......... Never let down your guard... listening USA ! And remember no more money ! |
| Posted by:Slailing Spineth2383 |
| #7 I wasa wonder too Frank. Gotta be. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-10-11 16:01 |
| #6 DUP assembly member Ian Paisley Junior? hmmmmmm |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-10-11 15:19 |
| #5 In Autumn these nail and bearing bushes burst into color, mostly flesh tones hey, i wasn't expecting that!! /wh'ere'ar'e m'y pa'per tow'els? |
| Posted by: Red Dog 2005-10-11 14:16 |
| #4 In Autumn these nail and bearing bushes burst into color, mostly flesh tones. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2005-10-11 13:15 |
| #3 Oh no, tw! It's 'sploding shrubberies! |
| Posted by: .com 2005-10-11 10:50 |
| #2 "They were cutting the hedges for me and it fell out on one of the men that were cutting. It looks like it fell out of the hedge. One of those boys love to blow things up thingies? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-10-11 08:51 |
| #1 Um, "fell" onto a guy's foot, huh? Fell from where? Don't say up, give the source ya mooks. So someone threw it over the building, what? I'm thinking everyone in this story is about as sharp as a bowling ball. Sheesh. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-10-11 08:17 |