Houses evacuated after device found in Coleraine

A number of homes in Coleraine have been evacuated after a suspect device was found on the doorstep of a house this morning.

A number of homes in Coleraine have been evacuated after a suspect device was found on the doorstep of a house this morning.

Technical officersare examiningthe package atClarence Court which was discovered at around 7 a.m. this morning.

Earlier this morning a pipe-bomb was thrown at a house in Lisburn, Co Antrim.

The front door and porch of the home at Barnfield Grange, Derryaghey, was damaged after the attack took place at around 2.45 a.m.

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