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| Derry estate alert: Bomb was designed to kill say police | |
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| A bomb found during a security alert in Londonderry was "designed to kill", police have said. | A bomb found during a security alert in Londonderry was "designed to kill", police have said. |
| Officers began searching the Currynierin estate on Monday, after they received phone calls claiming an explosive device had been left in a laneway. | Officers began searching the Currynierin estate on Monday, after they received phone calls claiming an explosive device had been left in a laneway. |
| Some residents had to be moved out of their homes overnight to the YMCA in Drumahoe. | Some residents had to be moved out of their homes overnight to the YMCA in Drumahoe. |
| Several homes remain evacuated and some roads remain closed. | Several homes remain evacuated and some roads remain closed. |
| A panel in the security fence between Ardmore Road and Currynierin was removed on Tuesday afternoon to allow pedestrian movement to and from the estate. | A panel in the security fence between Ardmore Road and Currynierin was removed on Tuesday afternoon to allow pedestrian movement to and from the estate. |
| However, the alert is still ongoing. | However, the alert is still ongoing. |
| Supt Mark McEwan said he was "reasonably confident" that residents would be able to return to their homes on Tuesday evening. | |
| He said examinations of the scene were still continuing and that it was "too early to say" what type of bomb officers were dealing with. | |
| However, he said police believed the bomb was intended to kill officers and that those who had left it showed a "callous disregard for the safety of the community and police officers". |