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| Derry attack: Pipe bomb explodes in letterbox in Waterside | Derry attack: Pipe bomb explodes in letterbox in Waterside |
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| A pipe bomb has exploded after being put in the letterbox of a house in Londonderry. | A pipe bomb has exploded after being put in the letterbox of a house in Londonderry. |
| It happened at Bonds Street in the city's Waterside. | It happened at Bonds Street in the city's Waterside. |
| It is understood a man lives in the house and he has only moved in recently. Detectives are still looking for a motive for the attack. | It is understood a man lives in the house and he has only moved in recently. Detectives are still looking for a motive for the attack. |
| Twenty homes and five businesses were evacuated during the security alert, which is now over. | Twenty homes and five businesses were evacuated during the security alert, which is now over. |
| One man said he could easily have been caught up in the explosion. | |
| "I walked up and down past it twice, I actually passed the front of the house a second time," Paddy Hargan said. | |
| "I think I'm very, very lucky - if that had of went off." |