Sinn Fein MLA condemns bomb threat at North Belfast office

by Q Radio News

Sinn Fein MLA Gerry Kelly says he will not be deterred following a bomb threat at his North Belfast constituency office. 

Police say they received a report of a suspicious object in the Antrim Road area shortly after 11.40pm on Tuesday. 

Searches were carried out and nothing untoward was found. 

Mr Kelly said he was told the threat was phoned from a loyalist area. 

He said, "I was contacted by the PSNI who told me they had received a report that a bomb had been left at my constituency office on the Upper Antrim Road. 

"I was told that this bomb threat was phoned in from a loyalist area. 

"This threat should be condemned in the strongest terms. 

“Those behind these incidents offer nothing to the community but criminality and fear should be faced down.

“This is the second incident of intimidation targeted at my recently opened constituency office in recent days but will not stop me or any other Sinn Féin activist, from working for all the people of North Belfast.

“I will be continuing my work for the people of North Belfast as normal today and Sinn Féin elected representatives will not be intimidated from our work in this or any other area."