10/02/2003
18 police injured during riot in Co Tyrone
Eighteen police officers have been injured following serious street violence in Omagh, which at one point involved up to 200 rioters.
At around 2am on Sunday morning, police were called to Castle Street in Omagh town centre to investigate reports of a disturbance in the area. Soon afterwards they came under a sustained attack by a crowd which, over the course of the next two hours, grew to around 200 people.
A number of police vehicles were damaged as the crowd ripped up paving stones and broke up a wall to throw missiles at police officers. A number of other people were also injured during the violence.
A CCTV camera sustained damage when members of the rioting crowd attacked it. Attempts were also made to damage other cameras.
Fifteen people including a number of juveniles have been arrested for public order offences following the disturbances.
Local police Chief Inspector Paul Douglas slammed the incident as "mindless violence", saying a full investigation was under way. Chief Inspector Douglas said that an enquiry team was being set up to examine all available evidence including CCTV footage.
Elsewhere, army technical officers have made safe a 'coffee jar' type explosive device following an attack on Stewartstown police station in Co Tyrone.
A clearance operation that lasted over two and a half hours began on Sunday morning following reports that an explosion was heard near the station at around 9pm on Saturday night.
The remains of the device were located inside the perimeter wall of the station complex.
A second police station – this time at Mountpottinger in east Belfast – was also targeted by pipe bombers on Sunday evening.
On that occasion an elderly man narrowly escaped injury after the device landed in the backyard of the man’s house having fallen short of the station perimeter. The man is believed to have lifted the device before calling police.
Army technical officers dealt with the device which was taken away for further examination.
Police have appealed for anyone with information on either incident to come forward.
(GMcG)
At around 2am on Sunday morning, police were called to Castle Street in Omagh town centre to investigate reports of a disturbance in the area. Soon afterwards they came under a sustained attack by a crowd which, over the course of the next two hours, grew to around 200 people.
A number of police vehicles were damaged as the crowd ripped up paving stones and broke up a wall to throw missiles at police officers. A number of other people were also injured during the violence.
A CCTV camera sustained damage when members of the rioting crowd attacked it. Attempts were also made to damage other cameras.
Fifteen people including a number of juveniles have been arrested for public order offences following the disturbances.
Local police Chief Inspector Paul Douglas slammed the incident as "mindless violence", saying a full investigation was under way. Chief Inspector Douglas said that an enquiry team was being set up to examine all available evidence including CCTV footage.
Elsewhere, army technical officers have made safe a 'coffee jar' type explosive device following an attack on Stewartstown police station in Co Tyrone.
A clearance operation that lasted over two and a half hours began on Sunday morning following reports that an explosion was heard near the station at around 9pm on Saturday night.
The remains of the device were located inside the perimeter wall of the station complex.
A second police station – this time at Mountpottinger in east Belfast – was also targeted by pipe bombers on Sunday evening.
On that occasion an elderly man narrowly escaped injury after the device landed in the backyard of the man’s house having fallen short of the station perimeter. The man is believed to have lifted the device before calling police.
Army technical officers dealt with the device which was taken away for further examination.
Police have appealed for anyone with information on either incident to come forward.
(GMcG)
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