RUC DO FORENSIC TESTS ON PHONES
RUC do forensic tests on phones
TWO phoneboxes believed to have been used by the Omagh bombers to make their warning calls have been taken away for forensic examination, detectives said yesterday.
The boxes at Silverbridge, near Forkhill in south Armagh, were sealed off soon after the bombing, according to local people. It is
understood they were later flown by helicopter to the Seapark forensic laboratory near Carrickfergus.
Detective Chief Superintendent Eric Anderson, who is heading the investigation into the bombing outrage, said: "Two phoneboxes have been taken away and are being looked at."
It is thought the misleading warning calls made by the bombers were traced to one or both of the phones, which may now yield vital evidence.
Another key factor is a photograph of the car carrying the bomb, taken minutes before its cargo of death exploded. Posters featuring the maroon
Vauxhall Cavalier have been posted across Omagh and appeared on a television appeared on a night.
"We are hammering things as hard as we can, said Mr Anderson, who is deputy assistant chief constable of the RUC. "Things are moving on and we are working at many different factors of the investigation.
"We are travelling widely in an effort to talk to people and get people to come forward."
Officers from the Metropolitan Police's anti-terrorist squad have also been combing through the wreckage. "That has been a great help to us. They are experts at sifting through rubble and they have been working with us since last Thursday."
Mr Anderson added: "We are leaving no stone unturned."
TWO phoneboxes believed to have been used by the Omagh bombers to make their warning calls have been taken away for forensic examination, detectives said yesterday.
The boxes at Silverbridge, near Forkhill in south Armagh, were sealed off soon after the bombing, according to local people. It is
understood they were later flown by helicopter to the Seapark forensic laboratory near Carrickfergus.
Detective Chief Superintendent Eric Anderson, who is heading the investigation into the bombing outrage, said: "Two phoneboxes have been taken away and are being looked at."
It is thought the misleading warning calls made by the bombers were traced to one or both of the phones, which may now yield vital evidence.
Another key factor is a photograph of the car carrying the bomb, taken minutes before its cargo of death exploded. Posters featuring the maroon
Vauxhall Cavalier have been posted across Omagh and appeared on a television appeared on a night.
"We are hammering things as hard as we can, said Mr Anderson, who is deputy assistant chief constable of the RUC. "Things are moving on and we are working at many different factors of the investigation.
"We are travelling widely in an effort to talk to people and get people to come forward."
Officers from the Metropolitan Police's anti-terrorist squad have also been combing through the wreckage. "That has been a great help to us. They are experts at sifting through rubble and they have been working with us since last Thursday."
Mr Anderson added: "We are leaving no stone unturned."
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Publisher: THE IRISH NEWS
Ref: IN/0169
Published Date: 24-Aug-98
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