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Jonathan McCambridge

Officer tells inquiry he believes police were the intended target of Omagh bomb

PSNI Superintendent Norman Haslett gave evidence to the Omagh Bombing Inquiry (Omagh Bombing Inquiry/PA) -

The Real IRA most likely set out to murder police when they left a massive car bomb in the centre of Omagh in 1998, an officer has told a public inquiry.

Norman Haslett told the Omagh Bombing Inquiry that while the bomb killed 29 civilians, including a woman pregnant with twins, he believed that police were the intended target.

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