Bombing that killed Offaly teenager to feature on RTE Investigates
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In 1972, just three days after Christmas, a no-warning car bomb killed two teenagers and injured nine others in Belturbet Co.Cavan.
In a special documentary next Monday night, December 14, RTÉ Investigates uncovers a crippling lack of trust between police services north and south, questions the political will to bring those behind the Belturbet bomb to justice, and reveals new evidence that British security forces failed to act on credible information, allowing militant loyalists to operate freely in South Fermanagh.
On Thursday night, December 28, 1972, a Ford Escort from Enniskillen passed a garda checkpoint at Aghalane bridge, headed south for Belturbet, across the River Shannon, up Bridge Street past The Diamond before parking in Main Street across the road from Slowey’s chip shop. It was here the car bomb was primed and left waiting.
New documentary to delve into Belturbet bombing
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