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| Armed men reports at town trouble | |
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| There have been reports of armed and masked gunmen in Lurgan, with a number of vehicles being hijacked. | |
| Two vans were hijacked and then set alight at a railway crossing at Lake Street. About 30 youths have been involved in the disturbances. | |
| The public are being advised to avoid the Lake Street area and in Craigavon, the Tullygally East Road, the Brownlow Road and the Monbrief Road. | The public are being advised to avoid the Lake Street area and in Craigavon, the Tullygally East Road, the Brownlow Road and the Monbrief Road. |
| The railway line between Lisburn and Portadown is closed for a second night. | |
| Trouble in the town on Thursday followed the sentencing of three local men over a dissident republican mortar bomb plot aimed at murdering police. | Trouble in the town on Thursday followed the sentencing of three local men over a dissident republican mortar bomb plot aimed at murdering police. |
| A replica gun was found by police carrying out searches following the trouble. | A replica gun was found by police carrying out searches following the trouble. |
| A property was searched in the Kilwilkee area of the town on Friday, a day after at least five vehicles were hijacked during a night of violence. | A property was searched in the Kilwilkee area of the town on Friday, a day after at least five vehicles were hijacked during a night of violence. |
| Two vans were set alight and abandoned on a nearby railway track. | Two vans were set alight and abandoned on a nearby railway track. |
| Chief Inspector Jason Murphy said police had received numerous reports of armed men in the area. | Chief Inspector Jason Murphy said police had received numerous reports of armed men in the area. |
| Two vans were hijacked and left to burn on a railway track | Two vans were hijacked and left to burn on a railway track |
| "While there are no reports of any shots being fired, this is not acceptable behaviour for our streets and robust action will be taken," he said. | "While there are no reports of any shots being fired, this is not acceptable behaviour for our streets and robust action will be taken," he said. |
| He said there were no reports of petrol bombs being thrown and no-one was injured. | He said there were no reports of petrol bombs being thrown and no-one was injured. |
| "This was clearly an attempt to draw my officers into the situation to escalate the violence and to cause serious disruption or injury," he added. | "This was clearly an attempt to draw my officers into the situation to escalate the violence and to cause serious disruption or injury," he added. |
| Two vans were hijacked on Thursday night in the Kilwilkie estate, while an articulated lorry was also set on fire in the nearby Tullygally estate. | Two vans were hijacked on Thursday night in the Kilwilkie estate, while an articulated lorry was also set on fire in the nearby Tullygally estate. |