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16/08/2016
Pipe Bomb Thrown At Police In L'Derry
A pipe bomb has been thrown at police in L'Derry.
The incident happened after a bonfire was set alight on the Lecky Road on Monday night, 15 August.
A number of residents also had to be evacuated from their homes during a security which ended shortly after 3am.
Union jacks and Sinn Fein election posters were also burned on the fire.
PSNI district commander Mark McEwan said: "We are investigating all offences committed at the bonfire in the Bogside last night including a serious incident where a viable pipe bomb-type device was thrown at a police patrol."
DUP MLA Gary Middleton said: "We have witnessed too many occasions where such terrorists have held this city to ransom and we must demonstrate that such violence and threat cannot be part of our society."
(CD)
The incident happened after a bonfire was set alight on the Lecky Road on Monday night, 15 August.
A number of residents also had to be evacuated from their homes during a security which ended shortly after 3am.
Union jacks and Sinn Fein election posters were also burned on the fire.
PSNI district commander Mark McEwan said: "We are investigating all offences committed at the bonfire in the Bogside last night including a serious incident where a viable pipe bomb-type device was thrown at a police patrol."
DUP MLA Gary Middleton said: "We have witnessed too many occasions where such terrorists have held this city to ransom and we must demonstrate that such violence and threat cannot be part of our society."
(CD)
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