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05/12/2006
Security alert in County Tyrone ends
A security alert in County Tyrone has ended.
A blast bomb type device was discovered in the front garden of a house in the
Strahulter Road area of Newtownstewart after searches by PSNI officers.
Army Technical Officers were tasked to the scene and a controlled explosion was carried out on the device.
The area was sealed off while the operation took place, however the road has since been reopened.
A spokesperson for the PSNI said that the device had the potential to cause “death, injury or damage” and condemned “the recklessness of those who carried out the attack.”
(EF)
A blast bomb type device was discovered in the front garden of a house in the
Strahulter Road area of Newtownstewart after searches by PSNI officers.
Army Technical Officers were tasked to the scene and a controlled explosion was carried out on the device.
The area was sealed off while the operation took place, however the road has since been reopened.
A spokesperson for the PSNI said that the device had the potential to cause “death, injury or damage” and condemned “the recklessness of those who carried out the attack.”
(EF)
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