OMAGH BOMB MAN IS CHARGED
OMAGH BOMB: MAN IS CHARGED
By DAN McGINN
Suspect accused of blast plot
A MAN was charged last night with conspiracy to cause an explosion in connection with the Omagh bombing.
The suspect was also facing charges of possessing explosive substances with intent to endanger life and membership of a proscribed organisation.
He was arrested early on Tuesday in a major security operation in South' Armagh near the border.
Twenty-nine people died in the Omagh bomb attack, including a mother of unborn twins, and more than 200 people were injured. The man is due to appear at Craigavon Magistrates Court today. He had been questioned in Gough Barracks in Armagh.
The Omagh bomb was the worst atrocity in the history of terrorist attacks in Northern Ireland.
The Real IRA claimed responsibility for the bombing.
Only one person has been convicted in connection with the atrocity - publican Colm Murphy, who received 14 years in the Special Criminal Court in Dublin for helping to plot the attack.
Last month. Michael McKevitt was convicted of directing terrorism in the Republic. However, he has not been convicted directly of involvement in the attack.
A civil action has been launched by some of the relatives of those killed in Omagh against five dissident republicans who they believe were responsible for the bombing.
McKevitt and Murphy were among - the five people named on writs for the civil action.
By DAN McGINN
Suspect accused of blast plot
A MAN was charged last night with conspiracy to cause an explosion in connection with the Omagh bombing.
The suspect was also facing charges of possessing explosive substances with intent to endanger life and membership of a proscribed organisation.
He was arrested early on Tuesday in a major security operation in South' Armagh near the border.
Twenty-nine people died in the Omagh bomb attack, including a mother of unborn twins, and more than 200 people were injured. The man is due to appear at Craigavon Magistrates Court today. He had been questioned in Gough Barracks in Armagh.
The Omagh bomb was the worst atrocity in the history of terrorist attacks in Northern Ireland.
The Real IRA claimed responsibility for the bombing.
Only one person has been convicted in connection with the atrocity - publican Colm Murphy, who received 14 years in the Special Criminal Court in Dublin for helping to plot the attack.
Last month. Michael McKevitt was convicted of directing terrorism in the Republic. However, he has not been convicted directly of involvement in the attack.
A civil action has been launched by some of the relatives of those killed in Omagh against five dissident republicans who they believe were responsible for the bombing.
McKevitt and Murphy were among - the five people named on writs for the civil action.
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Publisher: THE MIRROR
Ref: TM/194
Published Date: 06-Sep-03
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