Northern Ireland

Homes evacuated in Derry security alert

Homes have been evacuated in Derry as police examine the suspicious object
Homes have been evacuated in Derry as police examine the suspicious object Homes have been evacuated in Derry as police examine the suspicious object

A NUMBER of people have been moved from their homes as police examine a suspicious object in Derry.

The operation is taking place at Drumleck Drive in the Shantallow area.

Police have said evacuated residents are being accommodated in Shantallow Community Centre.

Twenty families have been evacuated after a suspicious object was left at the door of an elderly couple on Drumleck Drive in Derry. ATO are on the scene and the area has been cordoned off pic.twitter.com/MS7Av2MV8A— Leona O'Neill (@LeonaONeill1) May 2, 2018