Ireland detects explosive devices near the site of a dinner of multinational leaders.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 14: Irish police seized an improvised explosive device on November 13. The location was close to the dinner venue where the leaders of many countries had dinner the day before. Military bomb disposal experts were dispatched and successfully disposed of this "crudely made but capable of detonating" explosive device.
The Police of Ireland said in a statement that they received a report on the afternoon of the 13th that there was a suspicious device in an office building in Merrion Square in the center of Dublin, the capital. Military bomb disposal experts immediately rushed to the scene and safely disposed of the explosive device.
The message stated that the investigation is still ongoing, but no further details were revealed such as the time when the explosive device was planted.
It is worth noting that just one day before the incident, on the 12th, the leaders of many countries attending the 9th European Political Community Leaders' Meeting in Dublin attended a dinner at the National Gallery of Ireland on the other side of Merrion Square. During the meal, a security system was set up around the square and roads near the square were closed.
French President Macron, British Prime Minister Burnham, Canadian Prime Minister Carney and other leaders from many countries attended the dinner. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attended the meeting but did not attend the dinner, where he met with US presidential envoy Vitkov and Trump's son-in-law Kushner in a Dublin suburb.
The 9th meeting of the leaders of the European political community and the informal meeting of the leaders of the European Union were held on the 12th and 13th respectively in Dublin, the capital of Ireland, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union. According to Reuters, the main venue, the Dublin Convention Center, is 1.5 kilometers from where the bomb was discovered.