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Canberra Police Investigate 11 Pipe-Bomb Devices Found Near Lake Ginninderra

Police warn residents to report suspicious items to Triple Zero without touching them.

Overview

  • Eleven devices were located over two days along about a one‑kilometre stretch between Joynton Smith Drive and Ginninderra Drive in Belconnen.
  • The objects were found on footpaths and in green spaces, with some intact and others partially destroyed, and no injuries reported.
  • ACT Policing released images showing small silver cylindrical tubes with screw caps, with one photo appearing to show a fuse.
  • Specialist bomb teams attended and made the devices safe as detectives, forensic officers and dogs searched the area.
  • Investigators say the incident is not being treated as terrorism and there is no indication of similar devices elsewhere in Canberra.