Gunmen force delivery driver to take suspected bomb to County Armagh police station

Homes evacuated in Lurgan as police carry out controlled explosion on ‘crude but viable’ device

Masked men hijacked a car, placed a “crude but viable” explosive device inside and forced the occupant to drive the vehicle to a police station in Northern Ireland on Monday, prompting a security alert and the evacuation of about 100 homes, police have said.

Some streets in Lurgan, County Armagh, remained shut on Tuesday morning as police investigated the scene.