Coleraine : Police declare security alert a hoax
A security alert in Coleraine, County Londonderry, has ended after police declared a suspicious object a hoax.
A number of homes were evacuated in the Brook Street area of the town after the discovery of a suspicious object. The road has now reopened and residents have returned to their homes, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said. Local political representatives condemned those responsible for the alert. SDLP assembly member (MLA) Cara Hunter said it had caused "great disruption and upset". She added it was "absolutely shameful" people had to leave their homes and said the "callous actions" of those responsible "do not reflect the good people of Coleraine". Sinn Féin MLA Caoimhe Archibald said: "Those behind this alert have nothing to offer the people of Coleraine and need to end these futile actions immediately".