4 handmade bombs found in a cemetery in Northern Ireland where Biden visited

According to the news in the British media, a hand-made bomb placed in a pipe was found in the Creggan cemetery in the city of Londonderry, where the violence took place on Monday.

In the search made in the cemetery, which was closed to visitors, 3 more handmade bombs were seized.

The Northern Ireland Police Service (PSNI) said in a statement that the bombs were defused.

Violence before Biden’s visit

Four hand-made bombs were found hours before the start of the visit of US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to Northern Ireland.

Biden and Sunak, who visited the region on the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which ended the separatist terrorist incidents and inter-sectarian conflicts that started in Northern Ireland since the 1960s, will arrive in Belfast today.

Sunak and Biden will meet today and tomorrow in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, and will participate in various commemorations organized as part of the anniversary of the agreement.

Two weeks before Biden’s visit, the UK’s internal intelligence agency, MI5, had raised the terror threat level in Northern Ireland to «serious».

A memorial service was held in Londonderry on Monday. Pro-republican parties held a commemoration ceremony for the «Easter Revolt» in 1916, during the event, which the police declared to be unauthorized, foreign substances and Molotov cocktails were thrown at a police car during the demonstration.