FIND THE KILLERS
Find the killers
Cross-border ad campaign to focus on Omagh bomb car
BY COLIN O'CARROLL
c.ocarroll@newsletter.co.uk
POLICE probing the Omagh bomb atrocity are launching an advertising campaign on both sides of the border this week to try and find out more about the car used in the outrage.
The PSNI will run a series of appeals in newspapers asking anyone with any information about the dark red Vauxhall Cavalier that exploded on a busy Saturday afternoon in 1998, killing 29 people, including a woman pregnant with unborn twins, to come forward.
Most of the victims were women and children, including Spanish tourists, out shopping in the busy market town.
Hundreds of others were injured, including many maimed for life.
The Real IRA was blamed for the devastating attack that ripped the heart out of the Tyrone town, and shocked and disgusted people around the world.
It's suspected that other dissident republicans were also involved in what was the biggest single loss of life in the Troubles.
The ads will run in daily and weekly papers urging people to think again about helping police to catch the people behind the atrocity and bring them to justice.
The decision to place the adverts was prompted by the change in attitude towards policing by mainstream republicans.
The officer leading the investigation, Det Chief Supt Norman Baxter, said: "It's eight and a half years since the Omagh bombing but the investigation is continuing. In the light of recent changes in attitude from certain groups towards policing, I think it is important to ask everyone to think again about coming forward with information about what happened.
"I would encourage public representatives to use their influence in the communities which they represent, on both sides of the border, to ask people to come forward."
He said the vehicle used to plant the bomb was key to hunting down those responsible.
"We are particularly interested in the movements of the bomb car in the days leading up to the atrocity. We want to know about the movements of the red/maroon Vauxhall Cavalier between Thursday, 13 August, 1998 and Saturday, 15 August, 1998, the day of the explosion which killed 29 innocent people.
"Anyone who knows anything about the movements of this car in the Carrickmacross area or the Louth/south Armagh area during this period is asked to contact the Incident Room at Omagh police station, telephone 028 8225 6682 (048 8225 6682 from the Republic). Any information will be treated in confidence."
So far, just one person has stood trial charged with the 29 murders.
Sean Hoey, an electrician from Jonesborough in south Armagh, was charged with constructing the bomb.
He is awaiting a judgement in the case.
Cross-border ad campaign to focus on Omagh bomb car
BY COLIN O'CARROLL
c.ocarroll@newsletter.co.uk
POLICE probing the Omagh bomb atrocity are launching an advertising campaign on both sides of the border this week to try and find out more about the car used in the outrage.
The PSNI will run a series of appeals in newspapers asking anyone with any information about the dark red Vauxhall Cavalier that exploded on a busy Saturday afternoon in 1998, killing 29 people, including a woman pregnant with unborn twins, to come forward.
Most of the victims were women and children, including Spanish tourists, out shopping in the busy market town.
Hundreds of others were injured, including many maimed for life.
The Real IRA was blamed for the devastating attack that ripped the heart out of the Tyrone town, and shocked and disgusted people around the world.
It's suspected that other dissident republicans were also involved in what was the biggest single loss of life in the Troubles.
The ads will run in daily and weekly papers urging people to think again about helping police to catch the people behind the atrocity and bring them to justice.
The decision to place the adverts was prompted by the change in attitude towards policing by mainstream republicans.
The officer leading the investigation, Det Chief Supt Norman Baxter, said: "It's eight and a half years since the Omagh bombing but the investigation is continuing. In the light of recent changes in attitude from certain groups towards policing, I think it is important to ask everyone to think again about coming forward with information about what happened.
"I would encourage public representatives to use their influence in the communities which they represent, on both sides of the border, to ask people to come forward."
He said the vehicle used to plant the bomb was key to hunting down those responsible.
"We are particularly interested in the movements of the bomb car in the days leading up to the atrocity. We want to know about the movements of the red/maroon Vauxhall Cavalier between Thursday, 13 August, 1998 and Saturday, 15 August, 1998, the day of the explosion which killed 29 innocent people.
"Anyone who knows anything about the movements of this car in the Carrickmacross area or the Louth/south Armagh area during this period is asked to contact the Incident Room at Omagh police station, telephone 028 8225 6682 (048 8225 6682 from the Republic). Any information will be treated in confidence."
So far, just one person has stood trial charged with the 29 murders.
Sean Hoey, an electrician from Jonesborough in south Armagh, was charged with constructing the bomb.
He is awaiting a judgement in the case.
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Publisher: NEWS LETTER
Ref: NL/688
Published Date: 12-Mar-07
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