Large bang after bomb disposal robot enters van in Northern Ireland's Londonderry (NI)

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Large bang after bomb disposal robot enters van in Northern Ireland's Londonderry

LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - There was a large bang and black smoke emerged from an abandoned van in a cordoned off area of Londonderry on Monday after an army bomb disposal robot entered the vehicle, a Reuters witness said on Monday.

Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-nireland-blast-idUSKCN1PF1JG

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Police in Londonderry say they're dealing with a second security alert after a delivery driver's vehicle was hijacked by four masked men at 1.45pm and two people inside were ordered to drive it and leave it at on Lonemoor Road.

https://twitter.com/BRNewsFlash/status/1087363066919116802

We don't know who is doing this. I did see one article referring to the "new IRA" fwiw.

"Fifth man arrested over 'New IRA bomb attack'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6615121/Two-suspects-arrested-New-IRA-car-bomb-attack.html

Sounds like this could be what this is about.