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Strabane: Families leave homes in Ballycolman bomb alert | Strabane: Families leave homes in Ballycolman bomb alert |
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A number of families have been forced to leave their homes overnight following a bomb alert in County Tyrone. | A number of families have been forced to leave their homes overnight following a bomb alert in County Tyrone. |
Police and the Army were called to examine a suspicious vehicle in the Ballycolman estate in Strabane. | |
The alert began late on Monday evening and the security forces remain at the scene. | The alert began late on Monday evening and the security forces remain at the scene. |
In March a bomb was found at Strabane Golf Club at Ballycolman Road. | |
Police said this was an attempt to draw them into the area and that they were the intended targets. | |
In November 2013, a police patrol was targeted in a pipe bomb attack in the Ballycolman estate. |