10/08/2017

Man Arrested Over 1990 Armagh Bomb Attack

A 55-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a bomb attack in Armagh in 1990 that killed three police officers and a nun.

The explosion happened on the Killylea Road on 24 July and claimed the lives of Constable William Hanson, Reserve Constable Joshua Willis and Reserve Constable David Sterrit and Sister Catherine Dunne.

Another woman was also seriously injured.

The suspect is being questioned on a number of offences.

He was detained in Armagh on Tuesday, 08 August.

(CD)

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