THREE HELD OVER OMAGH
Three held over Omagh
A THIRD man was arrested in the Republic last night, by detectives investigating the Omagh bombing.
The suspect, aged in his 20s, was arrested in Dundalk, Co Louth, under anti-terrorist legislation and was being questioned in Monaghan police station, along with two other men arrested yesterday morning. The other two suspects were also from Dundalk, one aged in his 20s, the other in his 30s. All three were being questioned under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, and could be held for up to three days, police said.
Raids
Yesterday's raids were the latest in a series of swoops on both sides of the border, over the past week, by detectives involved in the hunt for those behind the Omagh bombing, which killed 29 people and injured more than 200 others in August last year.
Earlier this week, a 48-year-old builder and pub owner from Co Louth, became the first person to be charged in connection with the attack on the Co Tyrone market town. Colm Murphy, a native of Belleeks in south Armagh, with a current address just across the border in Ravensdale, appeared before the Special Criminal Court in Dublin on Wednesday, charged with conspiracy to cause an explosion and with membership of an illegal organisation.
A THIRD man was arrested in the Republic last night, by detectives investigating the Omagh bombing.
The suspect, aged in his 20s, was arrested in Dundalk, Co Louth, under anti-terrorist legislation and was being questioned in Monaghan police station, along with two other men arrested yesterday morning. The other two suspects were also from Dundalk, one aged in his 20s, the other in his 30s. All three were being questioned under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, and could be held for up to three days, police said.
Raids
Yesterday's raids were the latest in a series of swoops on both sides of the border, over the past week, by detectives involved in the hunt for those behind the Omagh bombing, which killed 29 people and injured more than 200 others in August last year.
Earlier this week, a 48-year-old builder and pub owner from Co Louth, became the first person to be charged in connection with the attack on the Co Tyrone market town. Colm Murphy, a native of Belleeks in south Armagh, with a current address just across the border in Ravensdale, appeared before the Special Criminal Court in Dublin on Wednesday, charged with conspiracy to cause an explosion and with membership of an illegal organisation.
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Publisher: SUNDAY LIFE
Ref: SL/083
Published Date: 28-Feb-99
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