Bomb Targeting Police Fails In Northern Ireland - 19th Apr 2011

Police in Northern Ireland have had a lucky escape after being lured to a booby-trapped bomb in south Belfast that failed to explode, detectives have revealed.

Police were responding to a 999 call when they discovered an explosive device attached to a gate.

The emergency call to the police was made on Monday evening by a man who claimed to have heard a woman in distress in a wooded area off Annadale embankment in south Belfast.

Superintendent Chris Noble said the bomb that failed to detonate was capable of causing multiple deaths.

The narrow escape comes after a van containing a 500lb bomb was discovered by police in Newry on 7 April.

The device in the van was described by police as "sophisticated and substantial".

Last month a bomb scare in north Belfast caused the evacuation of 40 homes.

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