Police have recovered a “viable pipe bomb type device” during a security alert in Dungiven.
The device was found in the Curragh Road area of the Co Derry town on Sunday.
The road had earlier been closed as two security alerts took place, with the other in the Forglen Road and Ballyhanedin Road area.
Cordons were lifted at the Curragh Road, though police remained at both locations on Sunday evening.
A PSNI spokesperson said: “Our policing operation continues tonight at the Foreglen Road and Muldonagh Road, with road closures and diversions in place to ensure the safety of the local community and officers deployed in the area.
“Leaving a viable device in the heart of a community is a reckless and selfish act by those who don’t care about the risk they cause to our communities. They also don’t care that families were evacuated from their homes and disruption was caused to people trying to go about their lives this weekend.
“I would like to thank members of the public affected by this ongoing incident for their patience and I would ask anyone with any information that could help with our investigation to call us on 101, quoting reference number 1210 of 24/02/23.”
