A security alert in Enniskillen has ended after the discovery of a suspicious object in the Lough Shore Path area.
Police had earlier cordoned off the area near Riverside and began investigating the object, before Army Technical Officers (ATO) attended the scene and made the area safe.
In a statement, the PSNI said they believed dissident republicans were behind the incident and they condemned those responsible for potentially putting the public at risk.
In a statement, PSNI Chief Superintendent Andy Freeburn, South Area Commander, said: A security alert in Enniskillen has ended following the discovery of a suspicious device in the Lough Shore Path area, in the vicinity of Riverside, this morning.
Police say device made safe in Co Fermanagh Police said the device, which was discovered in the Lough Shore Path area of Enniskillen, has been taken away for examination. Connla Young 17 March, 2021 21:00
THE PSNI has said that a small and potentially viable device has been made safe in Co Fermanagh following a security operation.
Police said the device, which was discovered in the Lough Shore Path area of Enniskillen, has been taken away for examination.
Earlier this week the Continuity IRA claimed to have fired shots at Enniskillen PSNI station and said that a device had been left in the area.
Potentially viable device found in Fermanagh
Updated / Wednesday, 17 Mar 2021
21:43
A potentially viable device has been found in Co Fermanagh following a security alert.
Police described the discovery on the Lough Shore Path, in Enniskillen, as a reckless act by violent dissident republicans .
Army bomb experts removed the device for further examination.
Chief Superintendent Andy Freeburn, South Area Commander, said the pathway where the device was found is frequently used by members of the public, including people fishing, local boat owners, parents and children. I can confirm that this device was small and crude, but potentially viable, and it has been taken away for further examination, he said.
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