Dublin: Explosive Device Defused Near Where World Leaders Dined

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Irish Army bomb disposal experts defused an active improvised explosive device in an office building in central Dublin on Friday. The building is located on Merrion Square, near where leaders from around the world dined the day before.

Local police were called to the building following a report of a suspicious object. The Army bomb disposal team defused the device on site, and it could have exploded.

While European leaders gathered for the summit under heavy security, the operation at the building took place in parallel to the conference. Macron and other leaders dined at a venue near the square only the evening before.