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10/02/2017
Security Alert In L'Derry Ends
Residents have returned to their homes after a security alert in L'Derry was declared a hoax.
A suspicious object was discovered in the Farm Hill area on Friday, 10 February.
Police and army bomb disposal experts attended the scene and declared it a hoax.
The area has been re-opened.
Sinn Féin councillor Elisha McCallion said: "A number of residents have had to be evacuated from their homes following the discovery of a suspicious object in the Farmhill area of Foyle Springs.
"This is the last thing the local community needs, particularly on such a cold day.
"Those behind this security alert have nothing to offer the local community.
"We don't need or want these type of incidents in the city."
(CD)
A suspicious object was discovered in the Farm Hill area on Friday, 10 February.
Police and army bomb disposal experts attended the scene and declared it a hoax.
The area has been re-opened.
Sinn Féin councillor Elisha McCallion said: "A number of residents have had to be evacuated from their homes following the discovery of a suspicious object in the Farmhill area of Foyle Springs.
"This is the last thing the local community needs, particularly on such a cold day.
"Those behind this security alert have nothing to offer the local community.
"We don't need or want these type of incidents in the city."
(CD)
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