-- Six to eight explosive devices defused at N.Irish parliament, police say, hours after man detained for breaching security.
BELFAST, N. Ireland (CNN) -- Hours after a militant threw a bag saying it contained a bomb, police said Friday they had discovered and defused between six and eight devices at the Northern Ireland assembly building.
The building -- the site of political talks of renewing a self-rule government for Northern Ireland -- had been evacuated earlier after a well-known militant, Michael Stone, threw a bag at a security checkpoint shouting that it contained a bomb.
"A man pushed his way through the revolving doors. He had a bag with him. He threw the bag into the security search pointed and shouted it was a bomb," said Stephen Hird, a photographer for the Reuters news service.
In the video shot by Hird, Stone was wrestled to the floor by security officers, who said they were treating his bag as a "live device."
Stone was arrested. In the past, Stone has served a prison term opening fire on mourners at an IRA funeral, killing three people.
Politicians were meeting inside the parliament building to discuss restoring self-rule government for the province in which pro-British and pro-Irish opponents would share power.
Stone is staunchly opposed to such a power-sharing government and supports British rule in Northern Ireland.
From Journalist Peter Taggart (Posted 11:47 a.m.)
The building -- the site of political talks of renewing a self-rule government for Northern Ireland -- had been evacuated earlier after a well-known militant, Michael Stone, threw a bag at a security checkpoint shouting that it contained a bomb.
"A man pushed his way through the revolving doors. He had a bag with him. He threw the bag into the security search pointed and shouted it was a bomb," said Stephen Hird, a photographer for the Reuters news service.
In the video shot by Hird, Stone was wrestled to the floor by security officers, who said they were treating his bag as a "live device."
Stone was arrested. In the past, Stone has served a prison term opening fire on mourners at an IRA funeral, killing three people.
Politicians were meeting inside the parliament building to discuss restoring self-rule government for the province in which pro-British and pro-Irish opponents would share power.
Stone is staunchly opposed to such a power-sharing government and supports British rule in Northern Ireland.
From Journalist Peter Taggart (Posted 11:47 a.m.)
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