Kelly condemns ‘reckless attack on Strabane community’

Strabane SDLP Councillor Patsy Kelly has condemned the actions of those responsible for a second viable device in Strabane as ‘reckless’.

Cllr Kelly was speaking after a viable pipe bomb was removed following a security alert at Townsend Street, discovered shortly after 1am this morning in an area known locally as the Back Row. Residents from 30 homes who were moved out of their homes during the alert have now returned.

Cllr Kelly said: “This is an extremely worrying development and, again, it’s the ordinary people of Strabane who are suffering; subjected to further disruption in the early hours of the morning.

“I condemn those who are behind this attack on the community as reckless. They must know they have no place in Strabane or, indeed, in any community.

“It is obvious, however, those intent on causing disruption in the community for a second day in a row have absolutely no regard or respect for the people of Strabane.”