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A suspicious object left outside a Sinn F\u00e9in office in Belfast has been declared a hoax.<\/p>\nA suspicious object left outside a Sinn F\u00e9in office in Belfast has been declared a hoax.<\/p>\n
West Belfast MP Paul Maskey said the object was left at the front gates of Connolly House on the Andersonstown Road on Monday evening.<\/p>\n
A Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) spokesman said officers received a report of a suspect device at around 10.15pm.<\/p>\n
A public safety operation was launched, and Army bomb experts examined the device before declaring it to be a hoax.<\/p>\n
Inspector Robert Jeffers said: \u201cThank you to the local community and anyone who was impacted last night as we dealt with the incident.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would appeal to anyone with information about this incident to call us on 101, quoting reference number 2240 of 27\/07\/20.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Maskey said: \u201cThis office provides an invaluable service to our community on a daily basis and has done sterling work during the Covid-19 pandemic to support the most vulnerable in our community.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will not be deterred by those attacking a community asset.<\/p>\n
\u201cSinn F\u00e9in will continue to work to deliver for constituents and to build a just, equal and united Ireland.\u201d<\/p>\n
The property was previously damaged in an arson attack in August 2018.<\/p>\n