01/10/2004
Security alert in Londonderry
A number of suspicious objects have been discovered in Londonderry on Friday.
Army bomb disposal experts attended the scene of the alert which was in the Waterside area of the city.
It is understood that the haul may include six coffee-jar bombs discovered in a garden shed at a house in Lincoln Courts.
Local residents have been moved from a number of houses in the area to a local community hall nearby. There are no further details at present.
(MB/GMCG)
Army bomb disposal experts attended the scene of the alert which was in the Waterside area of the city.
It is understood that the haul may include six coffee-jar bombs discovered in a garden shed at a house in Lincoln Courts.
Local residents have been moved from a number of houses in the area to a local community hall nearby. There are no further details at present.
(MB/GMCG)
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