SF urged to co-operate with Omagh probe

The policeman in charge of the Omagh investigation has urged Sinn Fein to come forward with any information it might have about those responsible for the 1998 bombing.

Detective Superintendent Norman Baxter said Sinn Fein should use its influence in the republican community to find information which could lead to the prosecution of the bombers.

The party has refused to co-operate with the investigation because of fears about the actions of Special Branch officers.

Mr Baxter said: "Do they believe the people who carried out the bombing in Omagh are killers or are they simply volunteers who went astray that day and carried out a mission that went wrong?"