Gerry Adams
A bomb warning at the Belfast home of Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has turned out to be “nothing untoward”.
The PSNI were called to the Norfolk Drive area of west Belfast this morning after receiving information that a device had been left at an address there.
Inspector Roy Burnside said: “Officers attended and nothing untoward was found.”
Mr Adams, a TD in Co Louth, said it comes amid a “concerted series of threats and attacks on the homes of Sinn Féin members”.
He added: “There can be no place for these type of actions nor will they deter Sinn Féin from working to advance the peace process and advance our political objectives.”
Earlier, Martin McGuinness blamed dissident republicans for attacks on two cars belonging to Sinn Féin representatives in Derry.
Police said the separate attacks happened at 1.50am in Kildrum Gardens and just before 2.30am in Oakbridge Park on Wednesday.
A parked car was set on fire in the earlier incident causing extensive damage to the engine block, while in the second case the front and rear windscreens of a parked vehicle were smashed.
Two men aged 17 and 23 were arrested by police in Oakbridge Park on suspicion of criminal damage.
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness tweeted: “With overnight attacks on Sinn Fein councillors Sandra Duffy and Colly Kelly in Derry, I have no doubt anti-democratic dissidents responsible.”
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