POLICE are urging the business community and members of the public to be vigilant after a partially detonated device was found in a Cookstown toy store.
The discovery was made by army technical officers and followed a phone call to a media organisation on Friday evening that incendiary devices had been left at two businesses in the town
The device was found hidden within a fast food container in t
he Toymaster store on the Dungannon Road.
A supermarket at Orritor Road was also evacuated. Police remain at the scene of both alerts.
A PSNI spokesman said: "Investigations into the exact nature of the object are continuing."
He said if anyone comes across any suspicious packages, or any boxes or packages with a suspicious object inside, to contact them immediately.
The discovery was made by army technical officers and followed a phone call to a media organisation on Friday evening that incendiary devices had been left at two businesses in the town
The device was found hidden within a fast food container in the Toymaster store.
A supermarket in the town was also evacuated. Police remain at the scene of both alerts.
A PSNI spokesman said: "Investigations into the exact nature of the object are continuing."
He said if anyone comes across any suspicious packages, or any boxes or packages with a suspicious object inside, to contact them immediately.
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