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| Cookstown attack: Partially exploded pipe bomb found under vehicle | Cookstown attack: Partially exploded pipe bomb found under vehicle |
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| A pipe bomb has partially exploded under a car in Cookstown, County Tyrone. | A pipe bomb has partially exploded under a car in Cookstown, County Tyrone. |
| The device was discovered under the vehicle on the Orritor Road on Saturday afternoon. No-one was injured and it has been removed by the Army. | |
| A number of residents moved from their homes have been allowed to return. | A number of residents moved from their homes have been allowed to return. |
| Police have said a motive for the attack has not yet been established, but the vehicle's owner is not believed to have any security forces links. | Police have said a motive for the attack has not yet been established, but the vehicle's owner is not believed to have any security forces links. |
| SDLP assembly member Patsy McGlone said he "totally condemned" those responsible. | |
| "Residents had to leave their homes whilst security forces removed the device," Mr McGlone said. | |
| "I am only grateful that no-one was injured in what was a reckless act by those who planted the pipe bomb." |