The police believe a number of motorists may have seen the incident and are appealing for witnesses. The army has closed its Fort George base in Londonderry. The move came as part of a package of demilitarisation in Northern Ireland. The army has already dismantled bases in Cookstown, County Tyrone, and at Cloghogue in south Armagh, and has removed observation posts from Broadway and the New Lodge areas of Belfast. The scaling down of the army presence in Northern Ireland has come as a result of a security assessment which indicated a reduced threat from terrorism.
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