Londonderry poll centre device 'left five days ago'

A dissident republican group says a device found at a leisure centre in Londonderry on Monday had been left by the organisation five days ago.

Police said they searched Templemore sports complex last Thursday - when the centre was used for an election count - after a coded warning about a bomb.

But they said the original information was misleading.

They said the device, hidden in the ceiling of toilets, did not contain a detonator and could not have exploded.


The device was discovered after a caller contacted a parochial house in Derry

Last Thursday, a pipebomb was left in a taxi outside the same building.

In a statement, dissident republicans Oglaigh na h'Eireann said the two devices were left on Thursday and that a warning had been given.