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People returning to homes after security alert

Pacemaker A marked blue and yellow police car is parked diagonally across a junction. There is police cordon tape just in the distance blocking off a road. There are some terrace houses to the left of the picture.Pacemaker
Cordons are in place and the public have been advised to avoid the area

People are beginning to return to their homes after a security alert in Dunmurry.

It followed the discovery of a suspect device in the Colinvale area of Poleglass on Friday morning.

At about 23:00 BST two councillors in the area said the alert had ended.

Earlier, councillor Caoimhín McCann had said about 200-250 houses had been evacuated, affecting up to 400 people.

A long queue of cars lining a road.
Some residents spent the afternoon in their cars as they waited to get back into their homes

"We've had one man come back from a night shift who can't back in to get to bed; we have people that are needing their medication that they need to take daily," McCann said.

"Those involved have absolutely nothing to offer our community."