Police Foil Plot To Stage 'New Omagh Massacre' -- The Telegraph
A van bomb containing a wheelie bin packed with 500lbs of home-made explosives could have been destined for a town centre in Northern Ireland, police said.
Detectives believe the vehicle, found near Newry at an underpass beneath the main A1 route between Belfast and Dublin, was abandoned because of the presence of a police checkpoint.
The foiled attack is being blamed on dissident republicans opposed to the peace process, who last Saturday killed constable Ronan Kerr in a booby-trap bomb in Omagh.
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