22/07/2016

Security Alert In Co L'Derry Ends

A security alert in Co L'Derry has ended after police declared a suspicious object to be a hoax.

Army bomb experts examined the object found on the Glengalliagh Road on Thursday, 21 July, and have removed it for further examination.

The road has been re-opened.

(CD/JP)

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