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Niece of Martin McGuinness escapes injury in Derry bomb Police say children had a lucky escape in Derry blast
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The niece of NI's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness was among a number of people who escaped injury in an explosion in Londonderry. A senior police officer said children had a lucky escape after an explosion in the Brandywell area of Londonderry.
The woman and her three children were in a house close to where the blast happened on the Lecky Road in the Brandywell area of the city after 2300 BST on Thursday. It happened on the Lecky Road just after 2300 BST on Thursday.
Police said damage was caused to properties, but no one was injured.Police said damage was caused to properties, but no one was injured.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Chief Inspector Jon Burrows condemned the attack. "These explosive devices, no matter how small they are, can maim and kill and we're fortunate this morning that no one was injured
Chief Inspector Jon Burrows said children in the area had a "lucky escape" and condemned the attack.
"These explosive devices, no matter how small they are, can maim and kill and we're fortunate this morning that no one was injured," he said.
He said police were investigating what happened and "detectives are piecing together a timeline and trying to establish a motive, and we'll be talking to witnesses".He said police were investigating what happened and "detectives are piecing together a timeline and trying to establish a motive, and we'll be talking to witnesses".
Mr Burrows said the bombers showed no regard for the community.Mr Burrows said the bombers showed no regard for the community.
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"Young children getting a night's sleep before going to school and people who were last night sleeping before they had to go to work were literally put at risk."Young children getting a night's sleep before going to school and people who were last night sleeping before they had to go to work were literally put at risk.
"They will feel that trauma for the days and weeks to come so the people who leave these devices and walk into people's homes and threaten them don't care for the local community who suffer most in all of this," he said."They will feel that trauma for the days and weeks to come so the people who leave these devices and walk into people's homes and threaten them don't care for the local community who suffer most in all of this," he said.
Foyle MLA Martina Anderson visited the scene on Thursday evening.Foyle MLA Martina Anderson visited the scene on Thursday evening.
She said that she was amazed nobody was hurt in the attack and said it was unclear who or what was the target.She said that she was amazed nobody was hurt in the attack and said it was unclear who or what was the target.
"There was shrapnel that went in through the window of a bedroom," she said."There was shrapnel that went in through the window of a bedroom," she said.
"In that bedroom, thankfully, there was no one asleep at the time."In that bedroom, thankfully, there was no one asleep at the time.
"However in the adjacent window there was a two-year-old baby in a cot and had the shrapnel went through that window, that family at this moment in time are devastated thinking about what could have happened.""However in the adjacent window there was a two-year-old baby in a cot and had the shrapnel went through that window, that family at this moment in time are devastated thinking about what could have happened."