Unexploded pipe bombs found in Co Derry

Two unexploded pipe bomb devices have been found in Co Derry.

Two unexploded pipe bomb devices have been found in Co Derry.

The devices were located in the gardens of two houses in Somerset Drive, Coleraine, shortly after midnight.

The area was evacuated as the devices were removed for examination by British army bomb disposal experts, an RUC spokesman said.

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