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Security alerts disrupt residents and rail services Security alerts disrupt residents and rail services
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Security alerts in County Armagh and Londonderry have been causing a significant amount of disruption. Security alerts in County Armagh and Londonderry have caused a significant amount of disruption.
Two suspicious objects have been found in Lake Street, Lurgan. Army bomb officers are at the scene. Two suspicious objects were found in Lake Street, Lurgan, close to the railway line, affecting train services through the town.
Train services through Lurgan have been affected, with bus substitutions in place. They were both later declared elaborate hoaxes.
Meanwhile, homes have been evacuated in Derry due to separate alerts in the city. A controlled explosion has been carried out at Mimosa Court.Meanwhile, homes have been evacuated in Derry due to separate alerts in the city. A controlled explosion has been carried out at Mimosa Court.
Another alert is under way in the vicinity of Strabane Old Road.Another alert is under way in the vicinity of Strabane Old Road.
The YMCA centre in Drumahoe has been made available for residents.
DUP deputy mayor of Derry Gary Middleton said people were annoyed that they had been put of our their homes.DUP deputy mayor of Derry Gary Middleton said people were annoyed that they had been put of our their homes.
"Details are quite vague at the moment, but we have been told that a device has been left at an elderly person's home so the motivation for this is very, very unclear," he said. "We have been told that a device has been left at an elderly person's home so the motivation for this is very, very unclear," he said.
"Regardless of the reasons behind it, it's completely unacceptable. What purpose is this serving?" Sinn Féin councillor Bridget Meehan said: "Whoever was behind this incident should explain to local residents what they have achieved by forcing families from their homes?"
Due to the alert in Lurgan, bus substitutions are operating between Lisburn and Portadown and between Belfast Central and Newry for the Dublin Enterprise services. SDLP MLA Pat Ramsey said "many vulnerable residents" had been forced from their homes.
Due to the alert in Lurgan, bus substitutions have been operating between Lisburn and Portadown and between Belfast Central and Newry for the Dublin Enterprise services.
DUP MP David Simpson said continuing alerts could have a wider effect.DUP MP David Simpson said continuing alerts could have a wider effect.
"If they keep doing it they are going to ruin the economy of Northern Ireland," he said."If they keep doing it they are going to ruin the economy of Northern Ireland," he said.
"We've had the G8, we've had the economic conference, we are trying to get inward investment and they will try and destroy that. But people are more resilient than that.""We've had the G8, we've had the economic conference, we are trying to get inward investment and they will try and destroy that. But people are more resilient than that."