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Chief Constable George Hamilton criticises former Police Ombudsman after she says the Omagh bomb could have been prevented

Today marks the 20th anniversary of one of the darkest days of our troubled past.

The Former Police Ombudsman Baroness Nuala O'Loan has said it's now her firm belief that the car bomb in Omagh that exploded twenty years ago today could have been prevented. Her 2001 report into the bombing was critical of the police operation. Twenty-nine people as well as unborn twins were killed. Hundreds were injured. PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton reacts.

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