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Bomb found attached to UK-bound lorry in Northern Ireland, police say

The bomb was found on a lorry at the Silverwood Industrial Estate.

Police in Northern Ireland found a bomb attached to a haulage lorry in County Armagh, planted by dissident republicans and intended to travel across the Irish Sea to Britain, the police said in a statement on Thursday.

The police first received reports on Jan. 31 that there was a bomb in a lorry in Belfast docks which was due to go by ferry across the Irish Sea to Scotland, but were not able to find the vehicle in question.

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