HOEY TO FACE OMAGH BOMB MURDER CHARGES TODAY
Hoey to face Omagh bomb murder charges today
A 35 YEAR OLD South Armagh man is to appear in Craigavon Court today (Thursday) facing murder charges in relation to the Omagh bomb.
Sean Gerard Hoey is facing 20 charges involving explosives and possessing timer units allegedly linked to several mortar, car and roadside bombs in the months before the Omagh bombing.
Meanwhile, a 37 year old man, also from South Armagh, who was questioned earlier this week about the Omagh bomb, has been released without charge.
The man was questioned by detectives at Antrim. This was the second time the man had been questioned over the atrocity, which killed 29 people including a pregnant woman with twins.
Thirty-one people, including a woman pregnant with twins, were killed in the no-warning Real IRA car bombing in Omagh in August 1998. More than 300 other people were injured.
In the lead up to the attack, dissidents had targeted towns across Northern Ireland, and Hoey has been charged in connection with bombings at Forkhill and Crossmaglen, South Armagh; Lisburn, Co Antrim; Armagh City; Beleek, County Fermanagh; Newry, County Down; Blackwater Town, County Armagh; and two in Belfast.
A 35 YEAR OLD South Armagh man is to appear in Craigavon Court today (Thursday) facing murder charges in relation to the Omagh bomb.
Sean Gerard Hoey is facing 20 charges involving explosives and possessing timer units allegedly linked to several mortar, car and roadside bombs in the months before the Omagh bombing.
Meanwhile, a 37 year old man, also from South Armagh, who was questioned earlier this week about the Omagh bomb, has been released without charge.
The man was questioned by detectives at Antrim. This was the second time the man had been questioned over the atrocity, which killed 29 people including a pregnant woman with twins.
Thirty-one people, including a woman pregnant with twins, were killed in the no-warning Real IRA car bombing in Omagh in August 1998. More than 300 other people were injured.
In the lead up to the attack, dissidents had targeted towns across Northern Ireland, and Hoey has been charged in connection with bombings at Forkhill and Crossmaglen, South Armagh; Lisburn, Co Antrim; Armagh City; Beleek, County Fermanagh; Newry, County Down; Blackwater Town, County Armagh; and two in Belfast.
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Publisher: ULSTER HERALD
Ref: UH/1806
Published Date: 19-May-05
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