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Footage of explosion shown to Omagh bomb inquiry (opens the original)
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The Omagh bomb inquiry has seen video footage of the moment the device exploded and the immediate aftermath. It was filmed in McIlroy's shoe shop in the town. Photographs taken of the damage were also shown. The video footage was shown as part of a presentation and also had audio of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) radio transmissions added. The inquiry heard the original audio was "distressing". The inquiry heard the RUC radio broadcast from the time of the bomb. That radio transmission howe
No bomb squad dispatched, Omagh Bombing Inquiry hears (opens the original)
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The Omagh bomb inquiry has heard how bomb disposal experts were not deployed to the town before the explosion. This was despite an "accredited" codeword warning, linked to other attacks, being received 35 minutes before the bomb blast, which killed 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins. British Army Colonel Peter MacMullan gave evidence to the inquiry about the army's response to the warnings received ahead of the blast. For a bomb squad to be sent, MacMullan said the Royal Ulster Con
Omagh bombing inquiry: Footage of suspected bombers' car missing (opens the original)
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CCTV which should have captured the suspected Omagh bombers' car had footage missing, an inquiry into the explosion has heard. Det Ch Insp Ivan Gault was questioned by the inquiry's legal team about police investigations into the bombing. Twenty-nine people, including a woman pregnant with twins, died in the bombing in the County Tyrone town on 15 August 1998 - the biggest single atrocity in the Troubles. The inquiry heard that there was no evidence to raise any suspicions that there was any "in
Omagh bombing inquiry hears more evidence (opens the original)
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The Omagh Bombing Inquiry has heard more pre-recorded video evidence from a senior Irish police officer about the movements of the car which carried the bomb to Omagh. Det Supt Emmett Casserly of An Garda Síochána was questioned by the inquiry team about evidence gathered by the service. Paul Greaney KC took the garda through the evidence held that related to the theft of the car and its known movements. The inquiry heard that gardaí evidence did not show where the car was located after it was s
Omagh Bomb victim's sister critical of garda's inquiry interview (opens the original)
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The Omagh bomb inquiry has heard pre-recorded video evidence from a senior Irish police officer about the stolen car used to transport the bomb which killed 29 people including a woman pregnant with unborn twins. Det Supt Emmett Casserly of An Garda Síochána (Irish police) was questioned by the inquiry team on 1 September in Dublin. The Irish government had to change the law to enable him to give evidence. However Claire Hayes, whose brother Alan Radford was killed in the 1998 Real IRA attack, d
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