Police 'given tip-off before bomb killed officer'

Police were warned the IRA planned to bomb Newry on the same day they murdered a woman officer in the town, outside investigators have discovered.

Police 'given tip-off before bomb killed officer'
Wed, 07 Apr, 2004 - 15:35

Police were warned the IRA planned to bomb Newry on the same day they murdered a woman officer in the town, outside investigators have discovered.

Representatives from Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan’s office found details of a tip-off recorded in a log book for March 27, 1992, intelligence sources confirmed.

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