‘Viable' bomb found near Russian-owned alumina refinery in Ireland day after new Kyiv missile strikes as CCTV analysed
On last Thursday night and into Friday,
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Russian-owned Aughnish Alumina refinery is located in Co Limerick
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It's understood that up to 100 staff at the Rusal-owned Aughinish refinery were unable to leave the plant
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On Friday afternoon a bomb was discovered attached to a fuel tank that services the Russian-owned Aughnish Alumina refinery sports and social club building, located close to the Shannon-estuary towns of Foynes and Askeaton in Co
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The bomb is believed to have included a battery-timed mechanism so that it could be detonated long after the perpetrators had left the area.
It's understood that up to 100 staff at the Rusal-owned Aughinish refinery were unable to leave the plant while a 350-metre security cordon was in place at the scene for several hours between Friday night and Saturday morning.
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Security sources said CCTV will play a huge role in the ongoing investigation in attempting to discover who was behind the bomb threat.
A source said investigating
While the Aughinish Alumina plant has no direct link to Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, it is owned by Russian aluminium giant Rusal, and one of its significant shareholders is
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Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his largest-ever aerial bombardment on Ukraine's capital Kyiv last Thursday
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