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LONDON, Feb 16 (KUNA) -- British police announced on Saturday they have
evacuated a number of houses in a suburb of the city of Sunderland, northeast
England, following a report of a locally-made bomb that was found in a nearby
house.
Police spokesman said in a press statement that the security elements found
by accident yesterday a bomb during a routine search operation of a suspect
who was arrested in the same day on another case.
The police pointed out that the owner of the house was assisting the
security elements in their investigations on this suspecious device, which
seemed to be a locally-made bomb from the preliminary investigations.
The nearby homes were evacuated to assure there was no more bombs there,
the police said. (end)
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