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Watch: Controlled explosion carried out in Creggan following van hijacking

written by Shaun Keenan January 21, 2019

Army Technical Officers have carried out two controlled explosions in Creggan this afternoon.

The first controlled explosion took place just before 2:30pm.

Two vans have been hijacked in the area – near Circular Road and on Southway.

(Video: Martina Mc Laughlin Facebook)

Superintendent Gordon McCalmont said: “Just before 1:45pm this afternoon, we received a report a delivery driver’s vehicle had been hijacked on Southway by four masked men, one of them who is reported to have had a gun. The two occupants in the van were ordered to drive the vehicle to the Lonemoor Road and leave it there.”

Watch: Controlled explosion carried out in Creggan following van hijacking was last modified: January 21st, 2019 by Shaun Keenan

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