Terror threat on high alert in L/Derry

On Thursday night a flashback to the awful bombing campaigns of the troubles place Northern Ireland on high alert for terrorist activity. Two bombs were detonated in Londonderry/Derry that night by dissident republicans who oppose the long established peace process on the island. One of the bombs went off near the tourist information center, which seems reckless because the groups target could not have been tourists themselves. Nobody was hurt because a warning call came in only thirty minutes prior to the explosions. Had anything gone wrong many innocent people certainly could have been injured.

This sculpture of young men from both sides reaching across the river for peace represents the city's goals