By By Gemma Fox Sep 12, 2010 in World Belfast - A woman in east Belfast got more than she bargained for when she called out exterminators to get rid of a wasps nest in her attic.

View Larger Map The bomb was actually a deactivated World War II mortar bomb. A dozen or so families from houses in Belmont park were evacuated for a period of time and the area cordoned off while army technical officers dealt with the bomb. Stephanie McCluskey said the exterminator had told her he had good news and bad news, she said, "He said the good news is the wasps' nest is gone but the bad news was that he found a bomb in my roof space with the propellers still on it." The device was never considered to be of any danger at any time, the PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland) Stephanie McCluskey, who lives at the address in Belmont Park, said that the exterminator came back down from the attic and informed her that the wasps nest was gone but that he'd found a bomb with its propellers in her roof space.The bomb was actually a deactivated World War II mortar bomb. A dozen or so families from houses in Belmont park were evacuated for a period of time and the area cordoned off while army technical officers dealt with the bomb.Stephanie McCluskey said the exterminator had told her he had good news and bad news, she said, "He said the good news is the wasps' nest is gone but the bad news was that he found a bomb in my roof space with the propellers still on it."The device was never considered to be of any danger at any time, the PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland) said More about Mortar bomb, Attic, Belfast, World War Two More news from mortar bomb attic belfast world war two