BOMB TIMER RECONSTRUCTED
Bomb timer reconstructed
THE IDENTITY of the person who made the Omagh bomb could soon be known as a forensic reconstruction and examination of the timing device and power unit.
Some 30 tonnes of debris, including the remains of the car which carried the bomb were removed from the site for minute examination by a team of police specialists in Belfast.
The timing unit is believed to be almost identical to six other used in attacks by the so called 'Real IRA, and the police have a appealed for a border shopkeeper who may have sold the gang a consignment of plastic lunch boxes, which were used to house the power units.
Commenting on the reconstruction, RUC Chief Constable, Ronnie Flanagan, said; "I have no doubt that this along with other lines of inquiry we are pursuing, will lead us to the people who detonated that device with such devastating effect in Omagh."
He said that the public had been a huge help in the search for the bombers , but more was needed, "The key to this is public cooperation, and I appeal to the public to give us every shred of information no matter how seemingly insignificant."
He appealed to anyone who had seen a box van which travelled into Omagh along the Campsie Road in company with the Vauxhall car to contact detectives.
THE IDENTITY of the person who made the Omagh bomb could soon be known as a forensic reconstruction and examination of the timing device and power unit.
Some 30 tonnes of debris, including the remains of the car which carried the bomb were removed from the site for minute examination by a team of police specialists in Belfast.
The timing unit is believed to be almost identical to six other used in attacks by the so called 'Real IRA, and the police have a appealed for a border shopkeeper who may have sold the gang a consignment of plastic lunch boxes, which were used to house the power units.
Commenting on the reconstruction, RUC Chief Constable, Ronnie Flanagan, said; "I have no doubt that this along with other lines of inquiry we are pursuing, will lead us to the people who detonated that device with such devastating effect in Omagh."
He said that the public had been a huge help in the search for the bombers , but more was needed, "The key to this is public cooperation, and I appeal to the public to give us every shred of information no matter how seemingly insignificant."
He appealed to anyone who had seen a box van which travelled into Omagh along the Campsie Road in company with the Vauxhall car to contact detectives.
Further Information
Publisher: ULSTER HERALD
Ref: UH/0289
Published Date: 03-Sep-98
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