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| Homes evacuated in Londonderry security alert | Homes evacuated in Londonderry security alert |
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| A number of homes have been evacuated in Londonderry after a suspicious object was left on a bus. | A number of homes have been evacuated in Londonderry after a suspicious object was left on a bus. |
| Northland Road has been closed between Branch Roundabout and Springvale Park. | |
| Army technical officers are at the scene. | Army technical officers are at the scene. |
| Councillor John Boyle, of the SDLP, said the latest security alert was a "source of real distress" to people in the area. | |
| "A suspicious object was left was a bus on the Northland Road area which is a main arterial route in and out of the city, maximising the disruption in Derry," he said. | |
| "A number of families have been evacuated from their homes on one of the coldest night of the year so far, exacerbating their distress." | |
| Councillor Eric McGinley of Sinn Féin said the disruption caused by the incident showed a "total disregard for the entire community". | |
| "I would call upon anyone involved in this type of activity to desist; they are going against the will of the vast majority of the people in this area who have indicated that they want to move forward without this type of disruption," he said. |