N.Ireland police examining vehicle reportedly hijacked and abandoned

Northern Ireland police are at the scene of a security alert in Londonderry following a report that a van was hijacked by three masked men who threw an object in the back before abandoning it, police said on Monday.

A car bomb exploded outside the city's courthouse on Saturday in a vehicle that was also hijacked by masked men. No one was injured by the blast. (Reporting by Padraic Halpin Editing by Robin Pomeroy)