Bomb discovered in Northern Ireland

February 1, 2009

Bomb discovered in Northern Ireland

Per the Irish Independent, a large car bomb was discovered by authorities in County Down, Northern Ireland on Saturday. It was destroyed through a series of controlled explosions. A "dissident nationalist organisation" claimed responsibility.

@BenLamothe of London was one of the first to tweet on the incident, and he's been retweeted several times in the last few hours.

@BenLamothe (Islington, London): Here we go again (?): 300lb Car bomb found near Northern Ireland school. http://bit.ly/J3sj #thetroubles #ireland #belfast #terrorism

The news traveled quickly, but at least one person was surprised it didn't make more noise.