British Government to Hold Omagh Bomb Inquiry

Northern Ireland Secretary said he intends to establish independent statutory probe into 1998 atrocity

Royal Ulster Constabulary Police officers stand on Market Street, the scene of a car bombing in the centre of Omagh, Co Tyrone, 72 miles west of Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Aug. 15, 1998. Paul McErlane/AP Photo

The British government will hold a full independent inquiry into the 1998 Omagh bombing, the Northern Ireland Secretary has announced.

Chris Heaton-Harris told MPs on Thursday that he intends to establish an independent statutory probe into the circumstances of the Real IRA atrocity that claimed the lives of 29 people, including unborn twins.