A police operation is under way after a suspicious device was found in a cemetery in Northern Ireland.
The device was discovered just after 6.30am inside the grounds of the City Cemetery in Creggan, Derry."We fully understand the level of concern and anger in relation to this, but we have absolutely no option but to take this action," said Derry City and Strabane Area Commander Chief Superintendent Nigel Goddard.
"Public safety is our priority, and we will never take any chances when it comes to protecting people and communities."during an Easter parade as"senseless and reckless". The incendiary devices were thrown at an armoured police Land Rover in Creggan on Easter Monday, while officers attended what they described as an"unnotified" march by dissident republicans.
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