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17/10/2001
Arrests follow discovery of bomb in County Tyrone
Dissident republicans are being linked to a 130lb bomb defused by army bomb disposal experts in County Tyrone.
The bomb, consisting of home made explosive hidden in a creamery can, was found during a search of property at Glenaness Road, Sixmilecross, at around 8.05pm on Tuesday October 16. Army technical officers moved in to defuse the device on Wednesday morning.
A husband and wife were arrested when police moved in to seize the device near Omagh, County Tyrone, and another man and woman were arrested in follow up searches in the Newtownbutler area of County Fermanagh.
More terrorist equipment near Sixmilecross was also recovered when police examined the area on Wednesday morning.
Security chiefs believe republicans opposed to the peace process were planning an attack in the wake of mounting pressure on the IRA to start decommissioning their weapons.
The West Tyrone SDLP member at the Northern Ireland Assembly, Joe Byrne, who lives in Omagh, said he was “deeply disturbed”. He said: “It is a very worrying development at this time when virtually everyone is expecting movement on decommissioning to take place. Any terrorist activity involving potentially deadly bombing devices like the one discovered outside Sixmilecross must be totally condemned with conviction.”
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty said: “Last night’s bomb outside Sixmilecross show us clearly there are still people who are opposed to the peace process and the Good Friday Agreement. It is incumbent on all of us in political leadership to make it clear that politics can work and deliver change.” (AMcE)
The bomb, consisting of home made explosive hidden in a creamery can, was found during a search of property at Glenaness Road, Sixmilecross, at around 8.05pm on Tuesday October 16. Army technical officers moved in to defuse the device on Wednesday morning.
A husband and wife were arrested when police moved in to seize the device near Omagh, County Tyrone, and another man and woman were arrested in follow up searches in the Newtownbutler area of County Fermanagh.
More terrorist equipment near Sixmilecross was also recovered when police examined the area on Wednesday morning.
Security chiefs believe republicans opposed to the peace process were planning an attack in the wake of mounting pressure on the IRA to start decommissioning their weapons.
The West Tyrone SDLP member at the Northern Ireland Assembly, Joe Byrne, who lives in Omagh, said he was “deeply disturbed”. He said: “It is a very worrying development at this time when virtually everyone is expecting movement on decommissioning to take place. Any terrorist activity involving potentially deadly bombing devices like the one discovered outside Sixmilecross must be totally condemned with conviction.”
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty said: “Last night’s bomb outside Sixmilecross show us clearly there are still people who are opposed to the peace process and the Good Friday Agreement. It is incumbent on all of us in political leadership to make it clear that politics can work and deliver change.” (AMcE)
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