DEATH VEHICLE POSTER APPEAL
Death vehicle poster appeal
By John Hicks
THE RUC today stepped up its massive poster appeal over the car used to carry the Omagh bomb.
Hundreds more copies of the vital poster have been sent to police stations and newspapers across the province.
It's hoped the crucial photo could jog someones's memory of the car's last movements.
The photo of the red Vauxhall was developed from a roll of film in a disposable camera found at the scene.
It is believed it was taken by one of the Spanish tourists just minutes before the 500lb bomb exploded.
The photo shows the car parked with its front passenger seat tilted forward.
The RUC has established the seven-year Vauxhall was stolen from outside a house in Carrickmacross, south of the border in Co Louth.
It was driven eight miles to the border and at the same time its original number plate -91 DL 2554 - replaced with a Northern Ireland
Registration - MDZ 5211.
Police believe the vehicle was then driven by a fresh driver and passenger to a safe house in South Armagh.
The two men who drove the car into Omagh parked it at least 40 minutes before it detonated.
The bomb is thought to have contained a 10lb commercial booster with two detonators bought by the IRA in the USA in 1989.
The five men arrested in the Omagh area for questioning in connection with the atrocity have now all been released.
By John Hicks
THE RUC today stepped up its massive poster appeal over the car used to carry the Omagh bomb.
Hundreds more copies of the vital poster have been sent to police stations and newspapers across the province.
It's hoped the crucial photo could jog someones's memory of the car's last movements.
The photo of the red Vauxhall was developed from a roll of film in a disposable camera found at the scene.
It is believed it was taken by one of the Spanish tourists just minutes before the 500lb bomb exploded.
The photo shows the car parked with its front passenger seat tilted forward.
The RUC has established the seven-year Vauxhall was stolen from outside a house in Carrickmacross, south of the border in Co Louth.
It was driven eight miles to the border and at the same time its original number plate -91 DL 2554 - replaced with a Northern Ireland
Registration - MDZ 5211.
Police believe the vehicle was then driven by a fresh driver and passenger to a safe house in South Armagh.
The two men who drove the car into Omagh parked it at least 40 minutes before it detonated.
The bomb is thought to have contained a 10lb commercial booster with two detonators bought by the IRA in the USA in 1989.
The five men arrested in the Omagh area for questioning in connection with the atrocity have now all been released.
Further Information
Publisher: BELFAST TELEGRAPH
Ref: BT/0242
Published Date: 24-Aug-98
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