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| Strabane security alert: Bomb attack on police in Mount Carmel Heights | |
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| A loud bang was heard in Strabane on Thursday night | |
| Two police officers have escaped injury after their patrol vehicle was damaged in a bomb attack in County Tyrone. | Two police officers have escaped injury after their patrol vehicle was damaged in a bomb attack in County Tyrone. |
| It happened late on Thursday night in the Mount Carmel Heights area of Strabane, where residents reported hearing a loud bang. | |
| The road into the Mount Carmel Heights area has been closed and more than 1,000 residents are affected, a local politician has said. | |
| Children have been unable to go to school amid the ongoing security alert. | Children have been unable to go to school amid the ongoing security alert. |
| Motorists have been advised to avoid the area. | |
| There has been no evacuation from homes, police said, but major disruption has been caused, local assembly member Daniel McCrossan said. | |
| Police remain at the scene on Friday morning | |
| "People this morning who will be attempting to go to work, to take their children to school, will not be able to leave this area," he told BBC Radio Foyle. | |
| He said it was a "very serious situation". | |
| Mr McCrossan, who represents the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), said he had heard the bang overnight and was also contacted by a number of constituents. | |
| "It was very clear something wasn't right," he said. | |
| He added that Mount Carmel Heights is one of Strabane's largest residential areas. |