PHOTO CLUE RESCUED FROM THE WRECKAGE
Photo clue rescued from the wreckage
Omagh bomb car captured on film
A PICTURE taken by a tourist just moments before the devastating Omagh blast could help track down the evil bombers responsible for mass murder. The snapshot miraculously rescued from a camera buried in the debris and destruction of Market Street is at the centre of a massive RUC poster campaign. Detectives hope the picture may jog the memory of someone...somewhere and help lead them to capture the killers of the Omagh innocents. The photo is thought to have been taken by a tourist using a cheap disposable camera just minutes before the horrific 500lbs blast which killed 28 people and injured hundreds more. It captures a happy dad holding a child on his shoulders...standing just inches away from the Vauxhall Cavalier car bomb.
The identity of the man, child and shoppers in the picture have been bleached out to preserve anonymity and in respect of the dead.
Forensic experts found the potentially vital piece of film evidence in the cheap camera amidst the rubble - indicating that its owner could have been caught in the blast. The picture also clearly shows the maroon-coloured car parked with its front passenger seat tilted forward.
But just moments later this happy scene was to be devastatingly detonated - replacing it with hellish scenes never witnessed before on such a horrendous scale. The poster which police hope will provoke some important eyewitness information also displays a picture of a car similar to the vehicle used in the bomb atrocity.
Anyone with information can contact the RUC incident room at Omagh on 01662-246979/256676/246177 or the confidential telephone - 0800-666999. Meanwhile detailed evidence about the movements of the car has emerged.
The seven year old car belonging to a young local man in his twenties was stolen from outside a house in St MacCartan's Villas in Carrickmacross. The car was driven eight miles to the border and at some time its original number plate - 91 DL 2554 - replaced with a Northern Ireland registration -MDZ 5211.
According to police sources, the car with its new driver and passenger crossed undetected into Northern Ireland and to a 'safe house' outside a village in south Armagh. The car is believed to have been driven into Omagh town centre last Saturday. One of its occupants is thought to come from Sixmilecross. The other, a man in his forties, is understood to be from Omagh itself.
The pair were spotted getting out of the car at least 40 minutes before the blast.
The bomb is thought to have contained a 10lb commercial booster with two detonators bought by the IRA in the USA in 1989. Last Wednesday it was revealed that a crack team of forensic experts from the Metropolitan Police are to be drafted in to help in the painstaking investigative work.
Omagh bomb car captured on film
A PICTURE taken by a tourist just moments before the devastating Omagh blast could help track down the evil bombers responsible for mass murder. The snapshot miraculously rescued from a camera buried in the debris and destruction of Market Street is at the centre of a massive RUC poster campaign. Detectives hope the picture may jog the memory of someone...somewhere and help lead them to capture the killers of the Omagh innocents. The photo is thought to have been taken by a tourist using a cheap disposable camera just minutes before the horrific 500lbs blast which killed 28 people and injured hundreds more. It captures a happy dad holding a child on his shoulders...standing just inches away from the Vauxhall Cavalier car bomb.
The identity of the man, child and shoppers in the picture have been bleached out to preserve anonymity and in respect of the dead.
Forensic experts found the potentially vital piece of film evidence in the cheap camera amidst the rubble - indicating that its owner could have been caught in the blast. The picture also clearly shows the maroon-coloured car parked with its front passenger seat tilted forward.
But just moments later this happy scene was to be devastatingly detonated - replacing it with hellish scenes never witnessed before on such a horrendous scale. The poster which police hope will provoke some important eyewitness information also displays a picture of a car similar to the vehicle used in the bomb atrocity.
Anyone with information can contact the RUC incident room at Omagh on 01662-246979/256676/246177 or the confidential telephone - 0800-666999. Meanwhile detailed evidence about the movements of the car has emerged.
The seven year old car belonging to a young local man in his twenties was stolen from outside a house in St MacCartan's Villas in Carrickmacross. The car was driven eight miles to the border and at some time its original number plate - 91 DL 2554 - replaced with a Northern Ireland registration -MDZ 5211.
According to police sources, the car with its new driver and passenger crossed undetected into Northern Ireland and to a 'safe house' outside a village in south Armagh. The car is believed to have been driven into Omagh town centre last Saturday. One of its occupants is thought to come from Sixmilecross. The other, a man in his forties, is understood to be from Omagh itself.
The pair were spotted getting out of the car at least 40 minutes before the blast.
The bomb is thought to have contained a 10lb commercial booster with two detonators bought by the IRA in the USA in 1989. Last Wednesday it was revealed that a crack team of forensic experts from the Metropolitan Police are to be drafted in to help in the painstaking investigative work.
Further Information
Publisher: SUNDAY LIFE
Ref: SL/030
Published Date: 23-Aug-98
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