Man loses hand in blast

A 27-year-old man lost his right hand in an explosion on Wednesday night in Glenarm, Co Antrim

A 27-year-old man lost his right hand in an explosion on Wednesday night in Glenarm, Co Antrim. He is being treated in hospital. He was injured in a blast outside the home of relatives of a man cleared of the screw-driver killing of a loyalist in the town last week. A small device exploded outside the house on Straidkelly Road.

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