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Residents return to homes after security alert

BBC A police officer stands with his back to the camera - in front of him is a police car with battenberg markings. Behind the car is a brown-brick house with a small window, a brown PVC door and another window beside it. A street sign on the house reads "Cambridge Street".BBC
Police have asked people to avoid Canning Place and the surrounding areas

A security alert in north Belfast which forced a number of people to leave their homes has ended after being declared a hoax.

Ammunition Technical Officers (ATO) attended after a suspected pipe bomb was found at the front of a residential property in Canning Place on Sunday morning.

After examination it was deemed to have been "an elaborate hoax".

Police thanked local residents for their patience while the safety operation was conducted and have asked for anyone with information to contact them.