08/04/2014

Man Arrested In Connection With Omagh Bombing

A man has been arrested in connection with the 1998 Omagh bombing.

Police arrested the man in Newry area, and say he is being held and questioned in Antrim.

Twenty-nine people were killed in the Real IRA attack of 15 August 1998.

The bombing has been described as the single worst atrocity in over 30 years of violence.

(MH/JP)

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