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Town security alert declared hoax | |
(about 5 hours later) | |
A security alert in Lurgan, County Armagh has ended, the police have said. | |
Officers began to carry out searches and urge the public in the County Armagh town to be vigilant following a telephoned warning on Monday. | |
On Tuesday afternoon after nothing was found the alert was declared a hoax by the police. | |
Police have also appealed for people in Newtownbutler to be on the alert after searches for an unexploded rocket propelled grenade proved fruitless. | |
On Friday, it was reported that an anonymous caller claimed a rocket had been fired at police "in the last 48 hours" but that it had failed to explode. | On Friday, it was reported that an anonymous caller claimed a rocket had been fired at police "in the last 48 hours" but that it had failed to explode. |
Police said the information provided in the telephone call was "imprecise" on the location of the device. | Police said the information provided in the telephone call was "imprecise" on the location of the device. |
"Suspicious objects should not be touched, instead the location should be reported to police," a spokesperson said. |
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