FOUR HELD BY GARDA
Four held in custody after Garda operation
By Michael Devine,
in Dublin
GARDAI investigating the Omagh bomb attack by the Real IRA, in which 28 people were killed, today were questioning four men detained in weekend swoops.
Two men, one in his fifties and the other in his thirties, were arrested in Co Kildare on Saturday under the Offences Against the State Act.
Another man was detained under the anti-terror law in Co Meath the same day and all three were taken to Carrickmacross Garda station for questioning by senior detectives involved in the hunt for the Omagh bombers.
Two of them were due to appear at the District Court in Carrickmacross today and the third was due before the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.
A spokeswoman for the Garda said details of the charges were not yet available.
A fourth man detained yesterday in Co Kildare was taken to the garda station in Monaghan for questioning. He can be held without charge for up to 48 hours under the Offences Against the State Act.
Meanwhile, police have reconstructed the moments leading up to the massacre on Saturday in a bid to jog witnesses' memories and trace those who planted the bomb.
Detectives handed out leaflets to shoppers as officers in civilian clothing drove around the town centre in a replica of the car which carried the 5001b device.
Detectives believe the maroon Vauxhall Cavalier, bearing the false registration number MDZ 5211, was parked outside S D Kells drapers at the bottom of Market Street, between 2pm and 2.30pm, on August 15.
Bomb warnings which followed claimed a device had been abandoned at the far end of the street. Many of those killed and injured had been evacuated to the point where the bomb went off, at 3.10pm.
The car was stolen across the border in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, two days earlier and its legal registration number was 91 DL 2554.
On Saturday, the replica car was parked on Market Street, a short distance from the scene of the explosion, where buildings still standing are close to collapse.
Officers on the street questioned shoppers who may have been there two weeks ago in an attempt to piece together details of the car's exact movements before it was abandoned.
By Michael Devine,
in Dublin
GARDAI investigating the Omagh bomb attack by the Real IRA, in which 28 people were killed, today were questioning four men detained in weekend swoops.
Two men, one in his fifties and the other in his thirties, were arrested in Co Kildare on Saturday under the Offences Against the State Act.
Another man was detained under the anti-terror law in Co Meath the same day and all three were taken to Carrickmacross Garda station for questioning by senior detectives involved in the hunt for the Omagh bombers.
Two of them were due to appear at the District Court in Carrickmacross today and the third was due before the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.
A spokeswoman for the Garda said details of the charges were not yet available.
A fourth man detained yesterday in Co Kildare was taken to the garda station in Monaghan for questioning. He can be held without charge for up to 48 hours under the Offences Against the State Act.
Meanwhile, police have reconstructed the moments leading up to the massacre on Saturday in a bid to jog witnesses' memories and trace those who planted the bomb.
Detectives handed out leaflets to shoppers as officers in civilian clothing drove around the town centre in a replica of the car which carried the 5001b device.
Detectives believe the maroon Vauxhall Cavalier, bearing the false registration number MDZ 5211, was parked outside S D Kells drapers at the bottom of Market Street, between 2pm and 2.30pm, on August 15.
Bomb warnings which followed claimed a device had been abandoned at the far end of the street. Many of those killed and injured had been evacuated to the point where the bomb went off, at 3.10pm.
The car was stolen across the border in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, two days earlier and its legal registration number was 91 DL 2554.
On Saturday, the replica car was parked on Market Street, a short distance from the scene of the explosion, where buildings still standing are close to collapse.
Officers on the street questioned shoppers who may have been there two weeks ago in an attempt to piece together details of the car's exact movements before it was abandoned.
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Publisher: BELFAST TELEGRAPH
Ref: BT/0324
Published Date: 31-Aug-98
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