Man forced at gunpoint to drive to NI police station

A antheral has been forced astatine gunpoint to thrust to a Londonderry constabulary station, SDLP person Colum Eastwood has said.

Mr Eastwood said the man's conveyance had been hijacked earlier helium was ordered to thrust to the Waterside constabulary station.

It follows the study of a suspicious entity successful the Richill Park country connected Sunday night.

Lisnagelvin Primary School has confirmed it volition not unfastened connected Monday owed to the ongoing information operation.

Some homes were evacuated overnight and the adjacent Irish Street Community Centre opened for residents.

"We person been told that a van was hijacked and the antheral asked to thrust the van to the constabulary station," the MP told BBC Radio Foyle.

"What ever happens successful these situations is that the mean radical of this metropolis are enactment astatine hazard by radical who person thing to connection and are trying to archer radical they conscionable exist."

Members of the nationalist are asked to debar the area.

A fig of roads stay closed connected Monday greeting including Crescent Link and disruption is expected.

Chair of the Irish Street assemblage centre, Niree McMorris, said it had been unfastened since 23:30 GMT connected Sunday for those affected.

She said it had been a agelong nighttime for the families who person been forced from their homes.

"There has been a dependable travel of families each night, present we person the Tesco workers waiting to get into their work."

Older radical person slept connected chairs, portion marque displacement beds were made for young children, she added.

"People cannot judge this is happening, radical who person lived successful the country for 20 positive years accidental they person ne'er seen thing similar this," she said.

The PSNI thanked residents for their patience and practice passim the evacuation.

"We'd besides similar to convey section assemblage representatives successful helping organise exigency shelter," a PSNI spokeswoman added.