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Glencolin Walk alert: Glen Road closed following discovery of 'suspicious object' found in Dunmurry area of west Belfast

Police and ATO at the scene of a security alert in the Glen Road / Glen Colin Drive area of West Belfast on March 05, 2016 Belfast, Northern Ireland ( Photo by Kevin Scott / Presseye) Expand
Police and ATO at the scene of a security alert in the Glen Road / Glen Colin Drive area of West Belfast on March 05, 2016 Belfast, Northern Ireland ( Photo by Kevin Scott / Presseye) Expand

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Police and ATO at the scene of a security alert in the Glen Road / Glen Colin Drive area of West Belfast on March 05, 2016 Belfast, Northern Ireland ( Photo by Kevin Scott / Presseye)

Police and ATO at the scene of a security alert in the Glen Road / Glen Colin Drive area of West Belfast on March 05, 2016 Belfast, Northern Ireland ( Photo by Kevin Scott / Presseye)

Kevin Scott / Presseye

Police and ATO at the scene of a security alert in the Glen Road / Glen Colin Drive area of West Belfast on March 05, 2016 Belfast, Northern Ireland ( Photo by Kevin Scott / Presseye)

Police and ATO at the scene of a security alert in the Glen Road / Glen Colin Drive area of West Belfast on March 05, 2016 Belfast, Northern Ireland ( Photo by Kevin Scott / Presseye)

Kevin Scott / Presseye

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Police and ATO at the scene of a security alert in the Glen Road / Glen Colin Drive area of West Belfast on March 05, 2016 Belfast, Northern Ireland ( Photo by Kevin Scott / Presseye)

Police are currently at the scene of a security alert in the Glencolin Walk area of west Belfast following the discovery of a suspicious object.

The Glen Road is closed between junctions of Shaw’s Road and Suffolk Road.  Motorists are advised to seek alternative routes.

There is no further information at this stage.

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The alerts come after a prison officer narrowly escaped death in a bomb attack on Friday.

The father-of-three (52) suffered leg wounds when the device exploded under a van he was driving.

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