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BBC
Shots fired at police station
Shots were fired in a busy street
A police station in the centre of Derry has been sprayed with automatic gunfire.
It is understood that a gunman fired about 30 shots at Strand Road station from the nearby Queen Street area about 0930 BST on Wednesday.
The police described the shooting in a busy city centre street as a reckless act.
A number of bullets hit civilian vehicles on Asylum Road, including a doctor's car parked outside his surgery. A van was hit by several rounds
A gable wall of the station was also hit by bullets.
Windows in parked vehicles were shattered
Eyewitnesses at the scene said they saw a number of spent cartridges lying on the ground.
The police said they had no reports of any injuries.
Chief Inspector Brian Hume condemned it as a totally indiscriminate and reckless attack.
Shortly afterwards, a vehicle was found on fire in the Brandywell area of Derry and police believe it is linked to the attack.
Shots fired at police station
Shots were fired in a busy street
A police station in the centre of Derry has been sprayed with automatic gunfire.
It is understood that a gunman fired about 30 shots at Strand Road station from the nearby Queen Street area about 0930 BST on Wednesday.
The police described the shooting in a busy city centre street as a reckless act.
A number of bullets hit civilian vehicles on Asylum Road, including a doctor's car parked outside his surgery. A van was hit by several rounds
A gable wall of the station was also hit by bullets.
Windows in parked vehicles were shattered
Eyewitnesses at the scene said they saw a number of spent cartridges lying on the ground.
The police said they had no reports of any injuries.
Chief Inspector Brian Hume condemned it as a totally indiscriminate and reckless attack.
Shortly afterwards, a vehicle was found on fire in the Brandywell area of Derry and police believe it is linked to the attack.
