School evacuated after boy picks up pipe bomb

An eight-year-old boy risked serious injury when he picked up a viable explosive device in a school playground in Antrim.

Brendan Shannon, 8, from St Comgall's Primary School in Antrim lifted what police confirmed was a viable device and brought it into the classroom.

24 July 2009; The Real UFF claimed responsibility for a pipe bomb attack on a house in Brantwood Gardens, Antrim. Five people narrowly escaped injury when the device exploded in the front garden. The house was owned by a Catholic family and was in a mixed Catholic-Protestant area.[2][3][4]
25 September 2009; The Real UFF claimed responsibility for leaving a small bomb outside a house in the Fountain Lane area of Antrim. It failed to explode.[5][6]
15 January 2010; The Real UFF claimed responsibility for planting two explosive devices near a community centre in Antrim that was being used by members of the Gaelic Athletic Association. Police described the devices as "crude but non-viable".[7]
February 2010; The Real UFF made a death threat against the Sinn Féin MLA for North Belfast, Gerry Kelly.[8]
13 March 2010; The Real UFF claimed responsibility for a gun attack on a house in Antrim. A shot was fired through a window, No one was injuried in the attack. [9]
11 August 2010: The Real UFF claimed responsibility for leaving a pipe bomb on the windowsill of a house on Fir Grove Lane, Antrim. It failed to explode. The house was owned by a Catholic family.[10][11]
12 August 2010: It's believed the Real UFF were responsible for planting two viable pipe-bombs ouside separate houses in Antrim. One of the devices partially exploded causing damage to a front of a house, both devices were defused later by the British Army.