N. Ireland: Police in Derry dealing with two security alerts following reports of two hijacked vehicles
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Update: Northern Ireland police said the three security alerts they were examining in Londonderry on Monday have ended after the department confirmed the incidents, including one where they carried out a controlled explosion, to be hoaxes. Reuters
Earlier: Police in Derry say they are dealing with two separate security alerts following reports of two vehicles being hijacked in the city.
The Circular Road area of Derry remains cordoned off after a white Transit van was reportedly hijacked by three masked men who threw an object into the back of it before abandoning it.
Police later said a second security alert is under way in the Southway area of the city after they received reports that a Royal Mail van was hijacked by four masked men, one of whom is believed to have been armed with a gun.
Two people in the van were ordered to drive it to the Lonemoor Road and leave it there.
The PSNI’s Assistant Chief Constable has said that no links have been uncovered to connect the recent incidents in Derry to either Brexit or the centenary of the beginning of the War of Independence.
“Unfortunately there is always some expectation that attacks could happen but on a general basis we’re not picking up any information that people want to engage in violence due to Brexit,” he said.
