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Londonderry: Man held over bomb left outside police station

Kevin Scott/Belfast Telegraph Hijacked car left outside Waterside Police StationKevin Scott/Belfast Telegraph
The bomb was left in a hijacked car at a police station on 20 November

A 28-year-old man has been arrested after a bomb was left outside a police station in Londonderry.

A delivery driver had been forced at gunpoint to drive the bomb to Waterside Police Station on Sunday 20 November.

Police had initially described it as an "elaborate hoax" but after further examination they said it was an explosive device.

The 28-year-old man was arrested in Claudy in County Londonderry on Sunday.

He was detained under the Terrorism Act and taken to Musgrave Police Station in Belfast to be questioned.

PA Media The front of the Waterside Police Station in LondonderryPA Media
The area around the Waterside Police Station was cordoned off for hours during the security alert

Police said the bomb was placed in the delivery driver's car in the Currynierin area of Derry before he was forced to drive the 2.5 miles (4km) to the police station.

He was then able to raise the alarm.

Last week the dissident republican group Arm na Poblachta said it was responsible for the bomb.

Detectives have renewed their appeal for information about the incident.

The man who was arrested has also been held on suspicion of kidnapping and possession of a gun in connection with an incident that is believed to have happened in Claudy on 10 November.

Police said a man was threatened with a gun and taken from premises on Main Street in the village by two masked men.