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RUC could have prevented IRA bombing - report

Police in the North could have prevented an IRA booby trap bombing in Derry 25 years ago in which th...
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7:40 AM - 10 Jul 2013



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RUC could have prevented IRA bombing - report

TodayFM
TodayFM

7:40 AM - 10 Jul 2013



Police in the North could have prevented an IRA booby trap bombing in Derry 25 years ago in which three people died.

A report has found RUC officers failed to alert people in the area about their fears of a device before it exploded in August in 1988.

It was meant to kill members of an army search team, but was triggered by three neighbours who'd gone to check on a friend.

Michael Maguire is from the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.



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