 Army bomb experts took the parts away for examination |
Army bomb disposal experts were called to a security alert at a house in County Londonderry on Monday. An object resembling a pipe bomb was thrown at a house in Leckagh Walk, Magherafelt, just before 0130 BST on Monday.
A window was broken but the device did not go off.
Army technical experts found the device in a garden and declared it to be an elaborate hoax.
Police are appealing for anyone with information about the incident to contact them.