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A grey Ford Mondeo was hijacked by a number of men at about 22:30 GMT on SundayA delivery driver has been forced at gunpoint to drive a suspicious object to a Londonderry police station.The driver was forced to abandon the vehicle outside Waterside police station. He was then able to raise the alarm.Ch Supt Nigel Goddard said it was a petrol can with a pipe attached which was designed to look like a car bomb.
He said it caused major disruption with children missing school and families with young children moved out of their homes overnight.Zafar Nazir and his family were among the residents who spent the night in a community centre"This reckless and despicable act has brought chaos to the local community in Crescent Link, with many residents having to evacuate their homes," he said.
Zafar Nazir, a consultant radiologist at Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry, was evacuated with his wife and three children, aged four, seven and 12, at about midnight.He said the community had been brought together by an "intense situation".
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