A fifteen year old schoolboy was killed at the scene of a bomb alert in Co. Antrim today.
Aaron Jason Green of Carnmoyne, Ahoghill, was killed instantly when he was struck by a car during a bomb scare in the town.
The teenager had cycled into the town when the bomb alert was ongoing at a Catholic owned furniture store in Church Street.
"Aaron was diverted away from the scene of the alert, but sadly as he approached the junction of Glebe Road and Church Street, he was in collision with an oncoming vehicle", a PSNI spokesman said.
Just shortly before the fatal road traffic incident, a controlled explosion had been carried out on a suspect device outside the furniture store. A device, made up to look like a pipe bomb, was spotted outside the front window of the store.
"No explosives were found inside the device, which was an elaborate hoax", the PSNI spokesman added.