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Northern Ireland Police Uncover 'Terrorist Hide' With Explosives

© AP Photo / Peter MorrisonA police officer checks vehicles in South Belfast, Northern Ireland. File photo
A police officer checks vehicles in South Belfast, Northern Ireland. File photo - Sputnik International
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The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) uncovered significant terrorist hide containing bomb making components and explosives at Carnfunnock Country Park, near Larne, according to official statement.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said on Sunday they had uncovered a terrorist hideout in a 191-hectare park containing explosives and bomb-making items.

"Police uncover significant terrorist hide containing bomb making components and explosives at Carnfunnock Country Park, near Larne," PSNI tweeted.

​The Belfast Telegraph quoted Serious Crime Branch Detective Chief Inspector Gillian Kearney as saying it was "too early to link these items to any particular grouping" until a detailed forensic examination was concluded.

The newspaper cited PSNI as saying the find was hidden a number of small plastic barrels buried in a wooded area.

The discovery comes a day after police found an explosive device 20 miles south of the Carnfunnock park in Belfast, and two days after a car bomb wounded a prison officer driving the vehicle.

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