A SECURITY alert is ongoing in Co Derry.
The alarm was raised on the Derrychrier Road in Dungvien around 1.20 pm.
Police said they had received “information that a device may have been left in the area”.
No one is thought to have been moved from their home.
Police have appealed to members of the public to be vigilant and not to touch any suspicious objects.
Sinn Féin councillor Sean McGlinchey condemned the alert.
“There is no justification for this whatsoever,” he said.
“I would appeal to anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area to bring that information to the PSNI.”
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