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| Vans hijacked during town trouble | Vans hijacked during town trouble |
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| There have been distubances in Lurgan, County Armagh, with two vans hijacked and burnt-out. | There have been distubances in Lurgan, County Armagh, with two vans hijacked and burnt-out. |
| Trouble flared in the Kilwilkie Estate where the vans were hijacked and left burning on the railway track. | Trouble flared in the Kilwilkie Estate where the vans were hijacked and left burning on the railway track. |
| Drivers should avoid North Street, Lake Street and Antrim Road the Drumbeg and Meadowbrook areas, police said. | Drivers should avoid North Street, Lake Street and Antrim Road the Drumbeg and Meadowbrook areas, police said. |
| Earlier on Thursday, three men from the town were jailed over a dissident republican plot to kill police officers with a mortar bomb. | Earlier on Thursday, three men from the town were jailed over a dissident republican plot to kill police officers with a mortar bomb. |
| An articulated lorry was also set on fire in the nearby Tullygally estate. | |
| SDLP assembly member Dolores Kelly said there had been reports of armed and masked men in parts of the town and that the violence was "futile". | SDLP assembly member Dolores Kelly said there had been reports of armed and masked men in parts of the town and that the violence was "futile". |
| "The trouble was anticipated by both police and the community given the sentencing of three men for dissident crimes earlier," she said. | "The trouble was anticipated by both police and the community given the sentencing of three men for dissident crimes earlier," she said. |
| Dissident mortar bomb gang jailed | Dissident mortar bomb gang jailed |
| "It is very serious and highly organised, with stockpiling of petrol since yesterday, and we are getting reports of more hijackings and armed and masked men being seen in parts of the town. | "It is very serious and highly organised, with stockpiling of petrol since yesterday, and we are getting reports of more hijackings and armed and masked men being seen in parts of the town. |
| "But my main concern is for the young people who are getting caught up in rioting. I would ask them - and more particularly their parents - to reflect on what is happening here. | "But my main concern is for the young people who are getting caught up in rioting. I would ask them - and more particularly their parents - to reflect on what is happening here. |
| "Tonight three young men are beginning long prison sentences to absolutely no purpose whatsoever. What they were up to was futile just as the rioting is futile." | "Tonight three young men are beginning long prison sentences to absolutely no purpose whatsoever. What they were up to was futile just as the rioting is futile." |
| Public transport company Translink has said rails services have been disrupted between Lisburn and Portadown. | Public transport company Translink has said rails services have been disrupted between Lisburn and Portadown. |
| A bus substitution service will be put in place. | A bus substitution service will be put in place. |