A viable explosive machine has been discovered outdoors a Sinn Féin constituency workplace in Newry metropolis centre.
Police stated they acquired a report of a suspicious object in Monaghan Road on Sunday evening, shortly earlier than midnight.
A pipe bomb-type machine was situated.
Military ammunition technical officers (ATO) made the machine secure and it has been taken away for additional examination.
A Sinn Féin spokesperson stated the machine was left on the constituency workplaces of Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins and Newry and Armagh MP Dáire Hughes.
The world was cordoned off by police in a single day however the cordons have since been lifted and the street has reopened.
A PSNI inspector stated: “We’re grateful this morning to native individuals for his or her persistence whereas we labored to make the realm secure.”
Officers appealed to anybody who has dash-cam or CCTV footage from the realm to contact detectives in Newry.
