Irish police have announced that they discovered and defused an improvised explosive device near the venue where leaders of several countries attended a dinner in Dublin, the country’s capital.
Reuters reported early Saturday, November 14, that the explosive device was discovered near a location where leaders of several countries had attended a dinner the previous evening during a two-day summit.
According to the report, Irish police said they were dispatched to a building in Merrion Square on Friday afternoon after receiving a report about a suspicious object.
This comes as Emmanuel Macron, President of France, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, and other senior officials attended a dinner the previous evening at the National Gallery of Ireland.
However, the summit, which continued on Friday with an informal meeting of European Union leaders, was held at a separate venue, approximately 1.5 kilometres from where the explosive device was discovered.
