Attack likened to Omagh bomb - The Irish Times - Sun, Aug 15, 2010
Yesterday’s bomb attack in Lurgan which injured three children has been likened by the PSNI to the Omagh bombing in August 1998.
Three children were slightly injured when a device exploded in a wheelie bin near a school in the town after a misleading warning was telephoned to the Samaritans.
Two 12-year-olds and a two-year-old suffered minor cuts and shock when the bomb detonated on Kilmain Street at around 1pm. There were no officers in the vicinity of the explosion when the bomb detonated.
A number of suspicious objects were subseqently examined at locations in the town and three were declared to be elaborate hoaxes.
Chief Inspector Cordner said the fact the police received a warning saying the bomb was placed in one area and that it then detonated in another ‘bore similarities’ to the Omagh bombing of 1998.