People in Strabane ‘sick and tired’ of security alerts – MLA

Army search teams assisted by the PSNI at the scene, following the attempted murder of two officers in Strabane last week (David Young/PA)

People in Strabane are “sick and tired” of their lives being disrupted due to security alerts, a local MLA has said.

SDLP representative Daniel McCrossan urged police to work constructively with the local community in the Co Tyrone town to keep disruption to a minimum during such incidents.