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| Londonderry bomb: three arrested in alert linked to dissidents | Londonderry bomb: three arrested in alert linked to dissidents |
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| Three men in their 30s have been arrested after a bomb alert in Londonderry. | Three men in their 30s have been arrested after a bomb alert in Londonderry. |
| Police are linking it to dissident republicans. | Police are linking it to dissident republicans. |
| About 100 families had to leave their homes on the Letterkenny Road after a suspicious object was found in a van. | About 100 families had to leave their homes on the Letterkenny Road after a suspicious object was found in a van. |
| Two men, aged 35 and 37, were arrested at the scene. A 37-year-old man was arrested later after a house was searched. | Two men, aged 35 and 37, were arrested at the scene. A 37-year-old man was arrested later after a house was searched. |
| SDLP MLA Pat Ramsey said he watched as a petrol bomb was thrown at police as they tried to help people leave their homes. | SDLP MLA Pat Ramsey said he watched as a petrol bomb was thrown at police as they tried to help people leave their homes. |
| "I was appalled when I saw a petrol bomb getting thrown at a police car. No-one was injured but it was very upsetting," he said. | "I was appalled when I saw a petrol bomb getting thrown at a police car. No-one was injured but it was very upsetting," he said. |
| "Older people and very disabled people have had to be moved from their homes. There was a lady, a double amputee and two disabled people who needed the assistance of an ambulance to get them out. | "Older people and very disabled people have had to be moved from their homes. There was a lady, a double amputee and two disabled people who needed the assistance of an ambulance to get them out. |
| "This is the distress that the dissidents are causing to their own people in their own communities," he said. | "This is the distress that the dissidents are causing to their own people in their own communities," he said. |
| The people who had to leave their homes found shelter in the nearby Brooke Park Activity Centre and the GAA's sports centre at Celtic Park. | The people who had to leave their homes found shelter in the nearby Brooke Park Activity Centre and the GAA's sports centre at Celtic Park. |
| Disruption in the area is expected to continue until at least lunch-time on Monday. | |
| The Foyle Road and Lower Lone Moor Road at the junction of the Letterkenny Road will be closed until further notice. | |
| Meanwhile the Ormeau Road in south Belfast has reopened after an earlier bomb alert. | Meanwhile the Ormeau Road in south Belfast has reopened after an earlier bomb alert. |
| Army bomb officers were called on Sunday evening after a suspicious object was found. | Army bomb officers were called on Sunday evening after a suspicious object was found. |
| They carried out a controlled explosion. It turned out to be a hoax. | They carried out a controlled explosion. It turned out to be a hoax. |