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Gobnascale, Derry, alert 'an elaborate hoax' Gobnascale, Derry, alert 'an elaborate hoax'
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A security alert that saw a number of homes evacuated in Londonderry has been declared an elaborate hoax.A security alert that saw a number of homes evacuated in Londonderry has been declared an elaborate hoax.
Police said a number of suspicious objects had been found in the early hours of Friday in the Gobnascale area. Police received reports about three suspicious objects in the Gobnascale area in the early hours of Friday.
Army bomb disposal experts examined them and declared the alert a hoax. The first was at Mimosa Court at about 00:55 GMT, the second on Strabane Old Road about 20 minutes later and the final one in the same area shortly before 01:50 GMT.
Strabane Old Road and Mimosa Court, which were closed to traffic, are being reopened. All three were examined by the Army and declared hoaxes.