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08/09/2003
Hoax bomb alert ends in Co Londonderry
Police in Co Londonderry are appealing for information following a hoax bomb alert early this morning.
Army bomb disposal experts were called to a house in Leckagh Walk, Magherafelt at around 1.30am on Monday after an object resembling a pipe bomb was thrown at a front window.
The device failed to explode and when it was later examined it was declared an elaborate hoax.
Elsewhere, a police officer has suffered minor injuries after being hit by a car in Londonderry at the weekend.
The incident happened at a police checkpoint in the Shantallow area of the city at around 12 noon on Sunday.
Police are treating the incident as attempted murder.
(MB)
Army bomb disposal experts were called to a house in Leckagh Walk, Magherafelt at around 1.30am on Monday after an object resembling a pipe bomb was thrown at a front window.
The device failed to explode and when it was later examined it was declared an elaborate hoax.
Elsewhere, a police officer has suffered minor injuries after being hit by a car in Londonderry at the weekend.
The incident happened at a police checkpoint in the Shantallow area of the city at around 12 noon on Sunday.
Police are treating the incident as attempted murder.
(MB)
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