Omagh relative accuses British govt of misleading families

The father of one of the Omagh bomb victims has accused the British government of misleading the victims' families about the whereabouts of a Real IRA informant who allegedly warned police in advance about the 1998 attack.

The father of one of the Omagh bomb victims has accused the British government of misleading the victims' families about the whereabouts of a Real IRA informant who allegedly warned police in advance about the 1998 attack.

Michael Gallagher, whose son Aidan was killed in the bombing, said it was a scandal that the informant now appeared to be living in the UK.

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