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Suspected pipe bomb attack in Tyrone

Tyrone - Suspected pipe bomb attack
Tyrone - Suspected pipe bomb attack

Police are investigating a suspected pipe bomb attack in Co Tyrone.

Windows in two houses at Castlehill Terrace in Coalisland were shattered by an explosion at around 3.30am.

Two cars were also damaged.

A motive for the attack has not yet been established.

Elsewhere, 30 houses in Derry were evacuated by police after a suspicious device was found in a car.

A British army bomb disposal team attended the scene in Cromore Gardens in the Cregan area.

Families were moved to a nearby centre overnight as a precaution.