Blame must be stay with Real IRA bombers, says Omagh victim’s sister

Claire Radford, whose brother Alan Radford was killed in the 1998 Omagh bombing, stands in the Omagh Bomb memorial garden in Omagh Co. Tyrone, after Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said he intends to establish an independent statutory inquiry into the 1998 Omagh bombing. 

The blame for the Omagh bomb must be kept firmly on the Real IRA, the sister of one victim said, after a public inquiry into the atrocity was ordered.

The announcement of a public inquiry by Britain's Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris on Thursday was broadly welcomed by the bereaved families.