{"id":1052297,"date":"2026-06-26T23:06:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T23:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1052297\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T23:06:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T23:06:30","slug":"suspected-historic-munition-found-in-co-down-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1052297\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected historic munition found in Co Down park"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police have advised members of the public to avoid the area<\/p>\n

19:11, 26 Jun 2026Updated 20:52, 26 Jun 2026<\/p>\n

\"Police<\/p>\n

Police at Ward Park in Bangor where suspected historic munitions have been found(Image: Belfast Live)<\/p>\n

Police have advised members of the public to avoid a Co Down<\/a> park due to the “discovery of suspected munition.”<\/p>\n

Officers have been in attendance near the pitches at Ward Park in Bangor<\/a> since around 6pm on Friday, June 26. A PSNI<\/a> spokesperson said it’s expected they will be dealing with the matter for a number of hours.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the PSNI said: “Members of the public are asked to avoid the Ward Park area of Bangor due to the discovery of suspected historic munition.<\/p>\n

“Police are working to assess the object at this time. We appreciate this may cause some disruption, however keeping people safe is paramount and we will not take any risks.<\/p>\n

“We thank those who may be affected for their patience, as we continue to work to keep people safe.”<\/p>\n

For all the latest news, visit the Belfast Live homepage<\/strong> here<\/strong> <\/a>and<\/strong> sign up to our daily newsletter<\/strong> <\/a>here.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police have advised members of the public to avoid the area 19:11, 26 Jun 2026Updated 20:52, 26 Jun…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1052298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5011],"tags":[55584,88580,35922,1144,16,15],"class_list":["post-1052297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-northern-ireland","tag-bangor","tag-co-down","tag-iya-alert-county","tag-northern-ireland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116818922206335475","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1052297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1052298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1052297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1052297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1052297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}