Families forced to flee in latest Derry/Londonderry security alert

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Thursday, 3 May 2018 14:07

By Q Radio

Families have been left out of their homes in the latest security alert in Derry Londonderry.

It's the third such alert in just 24 hours.

A pipe-bomb style device has been found outside a house belonging to the elderly parents of a serving PSNI officer.

The Bomb Squad is at the scene in the Lone Moor Road area.

Security alert, Lonemoor Road, Derry #Rtenews pic.twitter.com/kSxLpF4bDg
— Peter Doherty (@dohertypj) May 3, 2018

Emmett Doyle is among the people affected.

Yesterday - a hoax device was found outside the home of a PSNI officer's parents on Drumleck Drive.

While overnight - several houses in Inishown Gardens were evacuated over a similar incident.

Meanwhile, masked youths have attacked officers at a security alert outside the home.

Officers came under fire from youths pelting bottles, stones and masonry as colleagues dealt with the device at the home on the Lone Moor Road.

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