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18/03/2004
Priest condemns church attack
An attack on a Catholic Church in Co Tyrone has been condemned by its Parish Priest.
Father Michael Doherty described the incident in which a number of windows were smashed at St Mary's Church in Strabane as "disgraceful".
Police are trying to establish a motive for the incident which occurred on Wednesday night.
Elsewhere, a bomb which was found at a Cathloic Church in Ballygowan on Wednesday has been declared a hoax.
The device, which was discovered at the church on the Carrickmannon Road shortly before 10am on Wednesday, led to people being sent home from a St Patrick's Day Mass.
(MB)
Father Michael Doherty described the incident in which a number of windows were smashed at St Mary's Church in Strabane as "disgraceful".
Police are trying to establish a motive for the incident which occurred on Wednesday night.
Elsewhere, a bomb which was found at a Cathloic Church in Ballygowan on Wednesday has been declared a hoax.
The device, which was discovered at the church on the Carrickmannon Road shortly before 10am on Wednesday, led to people being sent home from a St Patrick's Day Mass.
(MB)
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