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Derry alerts: Suspicious objects found at Trafalgar Court and Jeffrey Avenue | Derry alerts: Suspicious objects found at Trafalgar Court and Jeffrey Avenue |
(about 4 hours later) | |
There are security alerts in the Waterside area of Londonderry after suspicious objects were found in two separate places. | There are security alerts in the Waterside area of Londonderry after suspicious objects were found in two separate places. |
At about 10:25 GMT police discovered an object in the front garden of a home in Trafalgar Court. | |
A second object has been discovered at Jeffrey Avenue, also in the Waterside area of the city. | A second object has been discovered at Jeffrey Avenue, also in the Waterside area of the city. |
Army bomb experts are at the scene of both alerts. | Army bomb experts are at the scene of both alerts. |
Jeffrey Avenue remains closed, but residents of other nearby streets have been allowed to return home. | |
DUP councillor Drew Thompson said: "I have been told by the PSNI that it is a suspect pipe bomb left in a home in Trafalgar Court." | |
He said that up to 20 homes had been evacuated. | He said that up to 20 homes had been evacuated. |
"There's a residential home close by, they haven't been evacuated but they have been made aware and are moving to the back of the premises." | "There's a residential home close by, they haven't been evacuated but they have been made aware and are moving to the back of the premises." |
Community centres were opened for those who have had to leave their homes. | |
Insp Sam Shearer said: "A suspicious object has been located in the front garden of a property." | |
One resident said that although she was not allowed to return to her home, her son had to remain there for his own safety. | |
Elizabeth Zammitt, who is a wheelchair user, said she was not able to get access to her medication. | |
"I am very angry - we went through this for 40 years and I don't want my children and my granddaughter to go through it," she said. | |
"Whoever did this is a mindless thug." |