Update from belfast

national | miscellaneous | news report Monday April 07, 2003 15:27 by steve - Belfast indymedia steve at gluaiseacht dot org 07720863770

2 arrests and half a dozen bomb scares already

The buses that are going are leaving from Culturlann on the Falls, City Hall and the University at 16.30.

Two independant anti-war activists were arrested and questioned last night after an alleged graffiti action on the US Consulate.

There have been a number of security alerts and the motorways leading into Belfast are sealed off- with police stopping vehicles and so on. Traffic s backed up throughout the city. There is a heavy police prescence at bus and rail stations.

Hillsborough has been declared a "sterile area" and the town itself is completely closed off.

Cyclists left Queen's University at 14.30 and attempts to get a lot of people out on minibuses have failed- they have all been booked up by "security companies".

The buses that are going are leaving from Culturlann on the Falls, City Hall and the University at 16.30. First come first served.

Some cars will be leaving from giros.

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