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23/08/2001
Foyle Bridge alert continues for second day
The Foyle Bridge in Londonderry remains inaccessible for a second day following a bomb warning on Wednesday.
The security forces are examining what they believe is a bomb on the Londonderry to Belfast railway line running beneath the bridge. Sources say army technical officers are moving cautiously as the device may be unstable.
The security operation has caused major traffic disruption to the border city with access to Altnagelvin hospital suffering as a result of the tailbacks.
Meanwhile a man has made a repeat phonecall to a Belfast newsroom warning of devices planted at GAA premises in Kilrea, Tomb, Portglenone, Magerafelt, Garvagh and Gulladuff. Police have issued an appeal for anyone using GAA property to be on the look out for suspicious devices.
This follows two pipe bombs which were discovered in County Londonderry on Thursday morning as police were carrying out a search of Desertmartin GAA club.
On Wednesday, army technical officers diffused a booby-trap bomb discovered under the car of a former republican prisoner. Security sources say the discovery of the device was a worrying development, as it has not been used in the province in some time. The Red Hand Defenders, a name used in the past for both the Ulster Defence Association and the Loyalist Volunteer Force, has claimed responsibility for the device and have vowed to step up their terrorist campaign.
Another pipe bomb was also discovered at the constituency office of Martin McGuinness in Cookstown after being spotted by a passer-by who then alerted the police. It was eventually diffused by army technical officers. (AMcE)
The security forces are examining what they believe is a bomb on the Londonderry to Belfast railway line running beneath the bridge. Sources say army technical officers are moving cautiously as the device may be unstable.
The security operation has caused major traffic disruption to the border city with access to Altnagelvin hospital suffering as a result of the tailbacks.
Meanwhile a man has made a repeat phonecall to a Belfast newsroom warning of devices planted at GAA premises in Kilrea, Tomb, Portglenone, Magerafelt, Garvagh and Gulladuff. Police have issued an appeal for anyone using GAA property to be on the look out for suspicious devices.
This follows two pipe bombs which were discovered in County Londonderry on Thursday morning as police were carrying out a search of Desertmartin GAA club.
On Wednesday, army technical officers diffused a booby-trap bomb discovered under the car of a former republican prisoner. Security sources say the discovery of the device was a worrying development, as it has not been used in the province in some time. The Red Hand Defenders, a name used in the past for both the Ulster Defence Association and the Loyalist Volunteer Force, has claimed responsibility for the device and have vowed to step up their terrorist campaign.
Another pipe bomb was also discovered at the constituency office of Martin McGuinness in Cookstown after being spotted by a passer-by who then alerted the police. It was eventually diffused by army technical officers. (AMcE)
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