ALLARME BOMBA NELLA CONTEA DI TYRONE, RILASCIATI I SOSPETTATI
Rilasciati i due uomini arrestati in connessione al falso allarme bomba a Clady, co. Tyrone
La PSNI non ha ritenuto necessario procedere con ulteriori azioni contro i due uomini arrestati mercoled’ 15 ottobre, nella contea di Derry.
Il fermo dei due individui, rispettivamente di 28 e 34 anni, era avvenuto il giorno seguente allo scoccare dell’allerta bomba, intorno alle 21 dello scorso martedì, dopo l’avvistamento di un furgone sospetto abbandonato sull’Urney Road Bridge a Clady.
Da quanto trapelato in quei giorni, una telefonata avrebbe avvisato le forze di polizia di un ordigno contenente 600 libre di esplosivo, a bordo dell’automezzo.
L’allerta, che ha tenuto in balìa un intero villaggio e la sua popolazione, si è rivelato un falso allarme molto ben orchestrato.
Border Bomb ‘Hoax’ Suspects Freed (4 NI)
There is to be no further action against those arrested over last week’s major border security alert.
The two men arrested in connection with the elaborate bomb hoax in a border village have been released unconditionally.
Police arrested the two men, aged 28 and 34, in Co Londonderry after a suspect van was found on a bridge spanning the border with Donegal at Clady in Co Tyrone.
A caller to police claimed the van contained a 600lb bomb.
While Army technical officers finally declared an “elaborate hoax” more than 24 hours after the alert was first raised, there was huge disruption as the village had been virtually sealed off, from both sides of the border.
The van was discovered on Wednesday evening and prompted Inishowen senator Cecilia Keaveney to comment that the Clady incident and others like it made it clear that the Republic’s bomb disposal team should be based in Co Donegal.
The team, which had been based at Finner camp in Bundoran, was moved out of the county recently.
However, the Republic’s Defence Minister, Willie O’Dea, turned down her request. He said the team remained on call 24 hours daily.
In regard to the long delay to clear the device, PSNI Chief Superintendent Phil Marshall said: “Any response to incidents where there is the potential for serious injury must be well thought out and appropriate.”
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