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| Bomb alerts in Lurgan and Derry cause disruption | Bomb alerts in Lurgan and Derry cause disruption |
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| Security alerts in County Armagh and Londonderry have caused a significant amount of disruption. | Security alerts in County Armagh and Londonderry have caused a significant amount of disruption. |
| Two suspicious objects were found in Lake Street, Lurgan, close to the railway line, affecting train services through the town. | Two suspicious objects were found in Lake Street, Lurgan, close to the railway line, affecting train services through the town. |
| They were both later declared elaborate hoaxes. | They were both later declared elaborate hoaxes. |
| Meanwhile, homes were evacuated in Derry due to separate alerts in the city. Both of them were also hoaxes. | |
| A controlled explosion was carried out at Mimosa Court. There was another alert in the vicinity of Strabane Old Road. | A controlled explosion was carried out at Mimosa Court. There was another alert in the vicinity of Strabane Old Road. |
| DUP deputy mayor of Derry Gary Middleton said people were annoyed that they had been put of their homes. | |
| "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. |
| 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?" | 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?" |
| SDLP MLA Pat Ramsey said "many vulnerable residents" had been forced from their homes. | 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. | 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." |