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Omagh bombing suspect attacked | Omagh bombing suspect attacked |
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A man accused of having a role in the Omagh bombing has been attacked in the Irish Republic. | A man accused of having a role in the Omagh bombing has been attacked in the Irish Republic. |
Seamus Daly required hospital treatment after he was beaten up by a number of men in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan on Friday night. | Seamus Daly required hospital treatment after he was beaten up by a number of men in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan on Friday night. |
A civil case brought by some of the Omagh families accuses him and four others of participating in the attack which killed 29 people. | A civil case brought by some of the Omagh families accuses him and four others of participating in the attack which killed 29 people. |
Judgement in the case is expected to be delivered next week. | Judgement in the case is expected to be delivered next week. |
BBC Panorama reporter John Ware, who has investigated the bombing, has said police believed Daly was the "hands-on" organiser. | |
Panorama also revealed that mobile phone evidence linked Daly to car bombings in Lisburn and Banbridge as well as Omagh. | |
In 2000 John Ware confronted Daly but he refused to make any comment. | |
In 2004 a Dublin court sentenced Daly to three and a half years in jail after he admitted being a member of an illegal organisation. |