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Explosion at house investigated | Explosion at house investigated |
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Police are investigating a small explosion near a house in the Creggan area of Londonderry on Monday night. | Police are investigating a small explosion near a house in the Creggan area of Londonderry on Monday night. |
A number of shots were also fired at a vehicle during the incident, which happened near Circular Road at about midnight. | |
There are no reports of any injuries and a number of items have been taken away for examination. | There are no reports of any injuries and a number of items have been taken away for examination. |
Creggan Sinn Fein councillor Kevin Campbell said he understood a pipe bomb had been thrown at a house. | |
"I spoke to the lady who owns the house, who's absolutely in shock at the moment," he said. | "I spoke to the lady who owns the house, who's absolutely in shock at the moment," he said. |
"I think it's absolutely despicable. Innocent people's lives have been put at risk - there could have been children in that home when a pipe bomb was thrown. | "I think it's absolutely despicable. Innocent people's lives have been put at risk - there could have been children in that home when a pipe bomb was thrown. |
"It's only luck that nobody has been seriously injured or killed." | "It's only luck that nobody has been seriously injured or killed." |
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