Newry device 'was very significant'

A bomb discovered by police in Co. Down was more powerful than the device used by the Real IRA in the Omagh bombing in 1998.

Newry device 'was very significant'
Sat, 28 Apr, 2012 - 18:21

A bomb discovered by police in Co. Down was more powerful than the device used by the Real IRA in the Omagh bombing in 1998.

The PSNI in Newry said the device, discovered on Thursday night, would have killed anyone within a 50 metre radius.

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