Amnesty International calls for public inquiry into Omagh bomb
Victims’ campaigner Michael Gallagher agrees with the decision to drop the trial
Amnesty said an investigation was needed ‘to ensure lessons are learnt, included from the failure to carry out adequate investigations’ into the Omagh bombing. Photograph: Frank Miller/The Irish Times.
Amnesty International is calling on the UK authorities to conduct a public inquiry to “investigate comprehensively the circumstances surrounding” the Omagh bomb
Its statement comes after prosecutors in the North on Tuesday dropped all charges against the only remaining suspect Seamus Daly in connection with the 1998 Omagh bomb in which 29 people died.