Police could have stopped 1988 Derry bomb, Ombudsman reports

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

Police could have stopped 1988 Derry bomb, Ombudsman reports
Wed, 10 Jul, 2013 - 09:26

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

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.

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