Londonderry: Police station device was 'a viable explosive' - BBC

A instrumentality near extracurricular a constabulary presumption successful the Waterside country of Londonderry was viable, the constabulary person said.

Police had initially described it arsenic "an elaborate hoax".

Assistant Chief Constable Bobby Singleton said pursuing further introspection constabulary tin corroborate "it was a viable explosive device".

"This further underlines the reckless and callous disregard by those liable for the information of the driver, the section assemblage and the constabulary officers who service them," helium said.

The driver's grey Ford Mondeo was hijacked by a fig of men astatine astir 22:30 GMT connected Sunday.

Police said the suspicious entity was placed successful the transportation driver's car successful the Currynierin country of the metropolis earlier helium was forced to thrust the 2.5 miles (4km) to the constabulary station. He was past capable to rise the alarm.

A fig of homes were evacuated and a section superior schoolhouse closed owed to the information cognition that followed the hijacking.

On Monday Ch Supt Nigel Goddard said the instrumentality was a petrol tin with a tube attached which was designed to look similar a car bomb.

He said constabulary believed dissident enactment radical the New IRA whitethorn person been down the incident.

ACC Singleton appealed for anyone with accusation to travel forward.