document: Car bomb kills N. Ireland policeman Irish PM Enda Kenny called the attack '' `` heinous and pointless . '' '' François Lenoir/Reuters A Catholic policeman who had just joined Northern Ireland 's police force was killed Saturday when a bomb exploded as he was getting into his car . Police have pointed the finger at the Irish Republican Army in the first deadly attack on security forces in the country in more than two years . The IRA has stated it would target Irish Catholics who join the police force . The policeman , 25 , was killed in Omagh , a town forever linked with the IRA 's most deadly attack - a1998 bombing that killed 29 people in a busy shopping area . '' `` Those who carried it out want to drag us back to the misery and pain of the past , '' '' Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Saturday , calling it a '' `` heinous and pointless act of terror . '' '' '' `` They are acting in defiance of the Irish people , '' '' Kenny said . Leaders from the Irish Catholic and British Protestant communities united in condemning the act and vowed to bring the attackers to justice . '' `` The people of Omagh are stunned , '' '' said local politician Joe Byrne , adding the new attack has brought back memories of the 1998 bombing , in which mostly women and children were killed . No one has ever been successfully prosecuted for that crime . Most IRA members renounced violence and disarmed in 2005 , opening the way for Protestants and Catholics to form a united government . Since then , IRA dissidents have planted dozens of booby-trap bombs under the private cars of police officers . While most have failed to detonate , two policemen have lost their legs in such attacks . In 2009 , two off-duty British soldiers and a policeman were shot dead . Last year , car bombs were detonated outside businesses , security installations and a courthouse , but no one was injured . Irish PM Enda Kenny called the attack '' `` heinous and pointless . '' '' François Lenoir/Reuters A Catholic policeman who had just joined Northern Ireland 's police force was killed Saturday when a bomb exploded as he was getting into his car . Police have pointed the finger at the Irish Republican Army in the first deadly attack on security forces in the country in more than two years . The IRA has stated it would target Irish Catholics who join the police force . The policeman , 25 , was killed in Omagh , a town forever linked with the IRA 's most deadly attack - a1998 bombing that killed 29 people in a busy shopping area . '' `` Those who carried it out want to drag us back to the misery and pain of the past , '' '' Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Saturday , calling it a '' `` heinous and pointless act of terror . '' '' '' `` They are acting in defiance of the Irish people , '' '' Kenny said . Leaders from the Irish Catholic and British Protestant communities united in condemning the act and vowed to bring the attackers to justice . '' `` The people of Omagh are stunned , '' '' said local politician Joe Byrne , adding the new attack has brought back memories of the 1998 bombing , in which mostly women and children were killed . No one has ever been successfully prosecuted for that crime . Most IRA members renounced violence and disarmed in 2005 , opening the way for Protestants and Catholics to form a united government . Since then , IRA dissidents have planted dozens of booby-trap bombs under the private cars of police officers . While most have failed to detonate , two policemen have lost their legs in such attacks . In 2009 , two off-duty British soldiers and a policeman were shot dead . Last year , car bombs were detonated outside businesses , security installations and a courthouse , but no one was injured . Irish PM Enda Kenny called the attack '' `` heinous and pointless . '' '' François Lenoir/Reuters A Catholic policeman who had just joined Northern Ireland 's police force was killed Saturday when a bomb exploded as he was getting into his car . Police have pointed the finger at the Irish Republican Army in the first deadly attack on security forces in the country in more than two years . The IRA has stated it would target Irish Catholics who join the police force . The policeman , 25 , was killed in Omagh , a town forever linked with the IRA 's most deadly attack - a1998 bombing that killed 29 people in a busy shopping area . '' `` Those who carried it out want to drag us back to the misery and pain of the past , '' '' Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Saturday , calling it a '' `` heinous and pointless act of terror . '' '' '' `` They are acting in defiance of the Irish people , '' '' Kenny said . Leaders from the Irish Catholic and British Protestant communities united in condemning the act and vowed to bring the attackers to justice . '' `` The people of Omagh are stunned , '' '' said local politician Joe Byrne , adding the new attack has brought back memories of the 1998 bombing , in which mostly women and children were killed . No one has ever been successfully prosecuted for that crime . Most IRA members renounced violence and disarmed in 2005 , opening the way for Protestants and Catholics to form a united government . Since then , IRA dissidents have planted dozens of booby-trap bombs under the private cars of police officers . While most have failed to detonate , two policemen have lost their legs in such attacks . In 2009 , two off-duty British soldiers and a policeman were shot dead . Last year , car bombs were detonated outside businesses , security installations and a courthouse , but no one was injured . Irish PM Enda Kenny called the attack '' `` heinous and pointless . '' '' François Lenoir/Reuters A Catholic policeman who had just joined Northern Ireland 's police force was killed Saturday when a bomb exploded as he was getting into his car . Police have pointed the finger at the Irish Republican Army in the first deadly attack on security forces in the country in more than two years . The IRA has stated it would target Irish Catholics who join the police force . The policeman , 25 , was killed in Omagh , a town forever linked with the IRA 's most deadly attack - a1998 bombing that killed 29 people in a busy shopping area . '' `` Those who carried it out want to drag us back to the misery and pain of the past , '' '' Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Saturday , calling it a '' `` heinous and pointless act of terror . '' '' '' `` They are acting in defiance of the Irish people , '' '' Kenny said . Leaders from the Irish Catholic and British Protestant communities united in condemning the act and vowed to bring the attackers to justice . '' `` The people of Omagh are stunned , '' '' said local politician Joe Byrne , adding the new attack has brought back memories of the 1998 bombing , in which mostly women and children were killed . No one has ever been successfully prosecuted for that crime . Most IRA members renounced violence and disarmed in 2005 , opening the way for Protestants and Catholics to form a united government . Since then , IRA dissidents have planted dozens of booby-trap bombs under the private cars of police officers . While most have failed to detonate , two policemen have lost their legs in such attacks . In 2009 , two off-duty British soldiers and a policeman were shot dead . Last year , car bombs were detonated outside businesses , security installations and a courthouse , but no one was injured . Irish PM Enda Kenny called the attack '' `` heinous and pointless . '' '' François Lenoir/Reuters A Catholic policeman who had just joined Northern Ireland 's police force was killed Saturday when a bomb exploded as he was getting into his car . Police have pointed the finger at the Irish Republican Army in the first deadly attack on security forces in the country in more than two years . The IRA has stated it would target Irish Catholics who join the police force . The policeman , 25 , was killed in Omagh , a town forever linked with the IRA 's most deadly attack - a1998 bombing that killed 29 people in a busy shopping area . '' `` Those who carried it out want to drag us back to the misery and pain of the past , '' '' Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Saturday , calling it a '' `` heinous and pointless act of terror . '' '' '' `` They are acting in defiance of the Irish people , '' '' Kenny said . Leaders from the Irish Catholic and British Protestant communities united in condemning the act and vowed to bring the attackers to justice . '' `` The people of Omagh are stunned , '' '' said local politician Joe Byrne , adding the new attack has brought back memories of the 1998 bombing , in which mostly women and children were killed . No one has ever been successfully prosecuted for that crime . Most IRA members renounced violence and disarmed in 2005 , opening the way for Protestants and Catholics to form a united government . Since then , IRA dissidents have planted dozens of booby-trap bombs under the private cars of police officers . While most have failed to detonate , two policemen have lost their legs in such attacks . In 2009 , two off-duty British soldiers and a policeman were shot dead . Last year , car bombs were detonated outside businesses , security installations and a courthouse , but no one was injured . Irish PM Enda Kenny called the attack '' `` heinous and pointless . '' '' François Lenoir/Reuters A Catholic policeman who had just joined Northern Ireland 's police force was killed Saturday when a bomb exploded as he was getting into his car . Police have pointed the finger at the Irish Republican Army in the first deadly attack on security forces in the country in more than two years . The IRA has stated it would target Irish Catholics who join the police force . The policeman , 25 , was killed in Omagh , a town forever linked with the IRA 's most deadly attack - a1998 bombing that killed 29 people in a busy shopping area . '' `` Those who carried it out want to drag us back to the misery and pain of the past , '' '' Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Saturday , calling it a '' `` heinous and pointless act of terror . '' '' '' `` They are acting in defiance of the Irish people , '' '' Kenny said . Leaders from the Irish Catholic and British Protestant communities united in condemning the act and vowed to bring the attackers to justice . '' `` The people of Omagh are stunned , '' '' said local politician Joe Byrne , adding the new attack has brought back memories of the 1998 bombing , in which mostly women and children were killed . No one has ever been successfully prosecuted for that crime . Most IRA members renounced violence and disarmed in 2005 , opening the way for Protestants and Catholics to form a united government . Since then , IRA dissidents have planted dozens of booby-trap bombs under the private cars of police officers . While most have failed to detonate , two policemen have lost their legs in such attacks . In 2009 , two off-duty British soldiers and a policeman were shot dead . Last year , car bombs were detonated outside businesses , security installations and a courthouse , but no one was injured . Irish PM Enda Kenny called the attack '' `` heinous and pointless . '' '' François Lenoir/Reuters A Catholic policeman who had just joined Northern Ireland 's police force was killed Saturday when a bomb exploded as he was getting into his car . Police have pointed the finger at the Irish Republican Army in the first deadly attack on security forces in the country in more than two years . The IRA has stated it would target Irish Catholics who join the police force . The policeman , 25 , was killed in Omagh , a town forever linked with the IRA 's most deadly attack - a1998 bombing that killed 29 people in a busy shopping area . '' `` Those who carried it out want to drag us back to the misery and pain of the past , '' '' Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Saturday , calling it a '' `` heinous and pointless act of terror . '' '' '' `` They are acting in defiance of the Irish people , '' '' Kenny said . Leaders from the Irish Catholic and British Protestant communities united in condemning the act and vowed to bring the attackers to justice . '' `` The people of Omagh are stunned , '' '' said local politician Joe Byrne , adding the new attack has brought back memories of the 1998 bombing , in which mostly women and children were killed . No one has ever been successfully prosecuted for that crime . Most IRA members renounced violence and disarmed in 2005 , opening the way for Protestants and Catholics to form a united government . Since then , IRA dissidents have planted dozens of booby-trap bombs under the private cars of police officers . While most have failed to detonate , two policemen have lost their legs in such attacks . In 2009 , two off-duty British soldiers and a policeman were shot dead . Last year , car bombs were detonated outside businesses , security installations and a courthouse , but no one was injured . Irish PM Enda Kenny called the attack '' `` heinous and pointless . '' '' François Lenoir/Reuters A Catholic policeman who had just joined Northern Ireland 's police force was killed Saturday when a bomb exploded as he was getting into his car . Police have pointed the finger at the Irish Republican Army in the first deadly attack on security forces in the country in more than two years . The IRA has stated it would target Irish Catholics who join the police force . The policeman , 25 , was killed in Omagh , a town forever linked with the IRA 's most deadly attack - a1998 bombing that killed 29 people in a busy shopping area . '' `` Those who carried it out want to drag us back to the misery and pain of the past , '' '' Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Saturday , calling it a '' `` heinous and pointless act of terror . '' '' '' `` They are acting in defiance of the Irish people , '' '' Kenny said . Leaders from the Irish Catholic and British Protestant communities united in condemning the act and vowed to bring the attackers to justice . '' `` The people of Omagh are stunned , '' '' said local politician Joe Byrne , adding the new attack has brought back memories of the 1998 bombing , in which mostly women and children were killed . No one has ever been successfully prosecuted for that crime . Most IRA members renounced violence and disarmed in 2005 , opening the way for Protestants and Catholics to form a united government . Since then , IRA dissidents have planted dozens of booby-trap bombs under the private cars of police officers . While most have failed to detonate , two policemen have lost their legs in such attacks . In 2009 , two off-duty British soldiers and a policeman were shot dead . Last year , car bombs were detonated outside businesses , security installations and a courthouse , but no one was injured . Irish PM Enda Kenny called the attack '' `` heinous and pointless . '' '' François Lenoir/Reuters A Catholic policeman who had just joined Northern Ireland 's police force was killed Saturday when a bomb exploded as he was getting into his car . Police have pointed the finger at the Irish Republican Army in the first deadly attack on security forces in the country in more than two years . The IRA has stated it would target Irish Catholics who join the police force . The policeman , 25 , was killed in Omagh , a town forever linked with the IRA 's most deadly attack - a1998 bombing that killed 29 people in a busy shopping area . '' `` Those who carried it out want to drag us back to the misery and pain of the past , '' '' Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Saturday , calling it a '' `` heinous and pointless act of terror . '' '' '' `` They are acting in defiance of the Irish people , '' '' Kenny said . Leaders from the Irish Catholic and British Protestant communities united in condemning the act and vowed to bring the attackers to justice . '' `` The people of Omagh are stunned , '' '' said local politician Joe Byrne , adding the new attack has brought back memories of the 1998 bombing , in which mostly women and children were killed . No one has ever been successfully prosecuted for that crime . Most IRA members renounced violence and disarmed in 2005 , opening the way for Protestants and Catholics to form a united government . Since then , IRA dissidents have planted dozens of booby-trap bombs under the private cars of police officers . While most have failed to detonate , two policemen have lost their legs in such attacks . In 2009 , two off-duty British soldiers and a policeman were shot dead . Last year , car bombs were detonated outside businesses , security installations and a courthouse , but no one was injured . Irish PM Enda Kenny called the attack '' `` heinous and pointless . '' '' François Lenoir/Reuters A Catholic policeman who had just joined Northern Ireland 's police force was killed Saturday when a bomb exploded as he was getting into his car . Police have pointed the finger at the Irish Republican Army in the first deadly attack on security forces in the country in more than two years . The IRA has stated it would target Irish Catholics who join the police force . The policeman , 25 , was killed in Omagh , a town forever linked with the IRA 's most deadly attack - a1998 bombing that killed 29 people in a busy shopping area . '' `` Those who carried it out want to drag us back to the misery and pain of the past , '' '' Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Saturday , calling it a '' `` heinous and pointless act of terror . '' '' '' `` They are acting in defiance of the Irish people , '' '' Kenny said . Leaders from the Irish Catholic and British Protestant communities united in condemning the act and vowed to bring the attackers to justice . '' `` The people of Omagh are stunned , '' '' said local politician Joe Byrne , adding the new attack has brought back memories of the 1998 bombing , in which mostly women and children were killed . No one has ever been successfully prosecuted for that crime . Most IRA members renounced violence and disarmed in 2005 , opening the way for Protestants and Catholics to form a united government . Since then , IRA dissidents have planted dozens of booby-trap bombs under the private cars of police officers . While most have failed to detonate , two policemen have lost their legs in such attacks . In 2009 , two off-duty British soldiers and a policeman were shot dead . Last year , car bombs were detonated outside businesses , security installations and a courthouse , but no one was injured . Irish PM Enda Kenny called the attack '' `` heinous and pointless . '' '' François Lenoir/Reuters A Catholic policeman who had just joined Northern Ireland 's police force was killed Saturday when a bomb exploded as he was getting into his car . Police have pointed the finger at the Irish Republican Army in the first deadly attack on security forces in the country in more than two years . The IRA has stated it would target Irish Catholics who join the police force . The policeman , 25 , was killed in Omagh , a town forever linked with the IRA 's most deadly attack - a1998 bombing that killed 29 people in a busy shopping area . '' `` Those who carried it out want to drag us back to the misery and pain of the past , '' '' Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Saturday , calling it a '' `` heinous and pointless act of terror . '' '' '' `` They are acting in defiance of the Irish people , '' '' Kenny said . Leaders from the Irish Catholic and British Protestant communities united in condemning the act and vowed to bring the attackers to justice . '' `` The people of Omagh are stunned , '' '' said local politician Joe Byrne , adding the new attack has brought back memories of the 1998 bombing , in which mostly women and children were killed . No one has ever been successfully prosecuted for that crime . Most IRA members renounced violence and disarmed in 2005 , opening the way for Protestants and Catholics to form a united government . Since then , IRA dissidents have planted dozens of booby-trap bombs under the private cars of police officers . While most have failed to detonate , two policemen have lost their legs in such attacks . In 2009 , two off-duty British soldiers and a policeman were shot dead . Last year , car bombs were detonated outside businesses , security installations and a courthouse , but no one was injured . Irish PM Enda Kenny called the attack '' `` heinous and pointless . '' '' François Lenoir/Reuters A Catholic policeman who had just joined Northern Ireland 's police force was killed Saturday when a bomb exploded as he was getting into his car . Police have pointed the finger at the Irish Republican Army in the first deadly attack on security forces in the country in more than two years . The IRA has stated it would target Irish Catholics who join the police force . The policeman , 25 , was killed in Omagh , a town forever linked with the IRA 's most deadly attack - a1998 bombing that killed 29 people in a busy shopping area . '' `` Those who carried it out want to drag us back to the misery and pain of the past , '' '' Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Saturday , calling it a '' `` heinous and pointless act of terror . '' '' '' `` They are acting in defiance of the Irish people , '' '' Kenny said . Leaders from the Irish Catholic and British Protestant communities united in condemning the act and vowed to bring the attackers to justice . '' `` The people of Omagh are stunned , '' '' said local politician Joe Byrne , adding the new attack has brought back memories of the 1998 bombing , in which mostly women and children were killed . No one has ever been successfully prosecuted for that crime . Most IRA members renounced violence and disarmed in 2005 , opening the way for Protestants and Catholics to form a united government . Since then , IRA dissidents have planted dozens of booby-trap bombs under the private cars of police officers . While most have failed to detonate , two policemen have lost their legs in such attacks . In 2009 , two off-duty British soldiers and a policeman were shot dead . Last year , car bombs were detonated outside businesses , security installations and a courthouse , but no one was injured . Irish PM Enda Kenny called the attack '' `` heinous and pointless . '' '' François Lenoir/Reuters A Catholic policeman who had just joined Northern Ireland 's police force was killed Saturday when a bomb exploded as he was getting into his car . Police have pointed the finger at the Irish Republican Army in the first deadly attack on security forces in the country in more than two years . The IRA has stated it would target Irish Catholics who join the police force . The policeman , 25 , was killed in Omagh , a town forever linked with the IRA 's most deadly attack - a1998 bombing that killed 29 people in a busy shopping area . '' `` Those who carried it out want to drag us back to the misery and pain of the past , '' '' Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Saturday , calling it a '' `` heinous and pointless act of terror . '' '' '' `` They are acting in defiance of the Irish people , '' '' Kenny said . Leaders from the Irish Catholic and British Protestant communities united in condemning the act and vowed to bring the attackers to justice . '' `` The people of Omagh are stunned , '' '' said local politician Joe Byrne , adding the new attack has brought back memories of the 1998 bombing , in which mostly women and children were killed . No one has ever been successfully prosecuted for that crime . Most IRA members renounced violence and disarmed in 2005 , opening the way for Protestants and Catholics to form a united government . Since then , IRA dissidents have planted dozens of booby-trap bombs under the private cars of police officers . While most have failed to detonate , two policemen have lost their legs in such attacks . In 2009 , two off-duty British soldiers and a policeman were shot dead . Last year , car bombs were detonated outside businesses , security installations and a courthouse , but no one was injured . Irish PM Enda Kenny called the attack '' `` heinous and pointless . '' '' François Lenoir/Reuters A Catholic policeman who had just joined Northern Ireland 's police force was killed Saturday when a bomb exploded as he was getting into his car . Police have pointed the finger at the Irish Republican Army in the first deadly attack on security forces in the country in more than two years . The IRA has stated it would target Irish Catholics who join the police force . The policeman , 25 , was killed in Omagh , a town forever linked with the IRA 's most deadly attack - a1998 bombing that killed 29 people in a busy shopping area . '' `` Those who carried it out want to drag us back to the misery and pain of the past , '' '' Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Saturday , calling it a '' `` heinous and pointless act of terror . '' '' '' `` They are acting in defiance of the Irish people , '' '' Kenny said . Leaders from the Irish Catholic and British Protestant communities united in condemning the act and vowed to bring the attackers to justice . '' `` The people of Omagh are stunned , '' '' said local politician Joe Byrne , adding the new attack has brought back memories of the 1998 bombing , in which mostly women and children were killed . No one has ever been successfully prosecuted for that crime . Most IRA members renounced violence and disarmed in 2005 , opening the way for Protestants and Catholics to form a united government . Since then , IRA dissidents have planted dozens of booby-trap bombs under the private cars of police officers . While most have failed to detonate , two policemen have lost their legs in such attacks . In 2009 , two off-duty British soldiers and a policeman were shot dead . Last year , car bombs were detonated outside businesses , security installations and a courthouse , but no one was injured . Irish PM Enda Kenny called the attack '' `` heinous and pointless . '' '' François Lenoir/Reuters A Catholic policeman who had just joined Northern Ireland 's police force was killed Saturday when a bomb exploded as he was getting into his car . Police have pointed the finger at the Irish Republican Army in the first deadly attack on security forces in the country in more than two years . The IRA has stated it would target Irish Catholics who join the police force . The policeman , 25 , was killed in Omagh , a town forever linked with the IRA 's most deadly attack - a1998 bombing that killed 29 people in a busy shopping area . '' `` Those who carried it out want to drag us back to the misery and pain of the past , '' '' Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Saturday , calling it a '' `` heinous and pointless act of terror . '' '' '' `` They are acting in defiance of the Irish people , '' '' Kenny said . Leaders from the Irish Catholic and British Protestant communities united in condemning the act and vowed to bring the attackers to justice . '' `` The people of Omagh are stunned , '' '' said local politician Joe Byrne , adding the new attack has brought back memories of the 1998 bombing , in which mostly women and children were killed . No one has ever been successfully prosecuted for that crime . Most IRA members renounced violence and disarmed in 2005 , opening the way for Protestants and Catholics to form a united government . Since then , IRA dissidents have planted dozens of booby-trap bombs under the private cars of police officers . While most have failed to detonate , two policemen have lost their legs in such attacks . In 2009 , two off-duty British soldiers and a policeman were shot dead . Last year , car bombs were detonated outside businesses , security installations and a courthouse , but no one was injured . Irish PM Enda Kenny called the attack '' `` heinous and pointless . '' '' François Lenoir/Reuters A Catholic policeman who had just joined Northern Ireland 's police force was killed Saturday when a bomb exploded as he was getting into his car . Police have pointed the finger at the Irish Republican Army in the first deadly attack on security forces in the country in more than two years . The IRA has stated it would target Irish Catholics who join the police force . The policeman , 25 , was killed in Omagh , a town forever linked with the IRA 's most deadly attack - a1998 bombing that killed 29 people in a busy shopping area . '' `` Those who carried it out want to drag us back to the misery and pain of the past , '' '' Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Saturday , calling it a '' `` heinous and pointless act of terror . '' '' '' `` They are acting in defiance of the Irish people , '' '' Kenny said . Leaders from the Irish Catholic and British Protestant communities united in condemning the act and vowed to bring the attackers to justice . '' `` The people of Omagh are stunned , '' '' said local politician Joe Byrne , adding the new attack has brought back memories of the 1998 bombing , in which mostly women and children were killed . No one has ever been successfully prosecuted for that crime . Most IRA members renounced violence and disarmed in 2005 , opening the way for Protestants and Catholics to form a united government . Since then , IRA dissidents have planted dozens of booby-trap bombs under the private cars of police officers . While most have failed to detonate , two policemen have lost their legs in such attacks . In 2009 , two off-duty British soldiers and a policeman were shot dead . Last year , car bombs were detonated outside businesses , security installations and a courthouse , but no one was injured . Irish PM Enda Kenny called the attack '' `` heinous and pointless . '' '' François Lenoir/Reuters A Catholic policeman who had just joined Northern Ireland 's police force was killed Saturday when a bomb exploded as he was getting into his car . Police have pointed the finger at the Irish Republican Army in the first deadly attack on security forces in the country in more than two years . The IRA has stated it would target Irish Catholics who join the police force . The policeman , 25 , was killed in Omagh , a town forever linked with the IRA 's most deadly attack - a1998 bombing that killed 29 people in a busy shopping area . '' `` Those who carried it out want to drag us back to the misery and pain of the past , '' '' Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Saturday , calling it a '' `` heinous and pointless act of terror . '' '' '' `` They are acting in defiance of the Irish people , '' '' Kenny said . Leaders from the Irish Catholic and British Protestant communities united in condemning the act and vowed to bring the attackers to justice . '' `` The people of Omagh are stunned , '' '' said local politician Joe Byrne , adding the new attack has brought back memories of the 1998 bombing , in which mostly women and children were killed . No one has ever been successfully prosecuted for that crime . Most IRA members renounced violence and disarmed in 2005 , opening the way for Protestants and Catholics to form a united government . Since then , IRA dissidents have planted dozens of booby-trap bombs under the private cars of police officers . While most have failed to detonate , two policemen have lost their legs in such attacks . In 2009 , two off-duty British soldiers and a policeman were shot dead . Last year , car bombs were detonated outside businesses , security installations and a courthouse , but no one was injured . Irish PM Enda Kenny called the attack '' `` heinous and pointless . '' '' François Lenoir/Reuters A Catholic policeman who had just joined Northern Ireland 's police force was killed Saturday when a bomb exploded as he was getting into his car . Police have pointed the finger at the Irish Republican Army in the first deadly attack on security forces in the country in more than two years . The IRA has stated it would target Irish Catholics who join the police force . The policeman , 25 , was killed in Omagh , a town forever linked with the IRA 's most deadly attack - a1998 bombing that killed 29 people in a busy shopping area . '' `` Those who carried it out want to drag us back to the misery and pain of the past , '' '' Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Saturday , calling it a '' `` heinous and pointless act of terror . '' '' '' `` They are acting in defiance of the Irish people , '' '' Kenny said . Leaders from the Irish Catholic and British Protestant communities united in condemning the act and vowed to bring the attackers to justice . '' `` The people of Omagh are stunned , '' '' said local politician Joe Byrne , adding the new attack has brought back memories of the 1998 bombing , in which mostly women and children were killed . No one has ever been successfully prosecuted for that crime . Most IRA members renounced violence and disarmed in 2005 , opening the way for Protestants and Catholics to form a united government . Since then , IRA dissidents have planted dozens of booby-trap bombs under the private cars of police officers . While most have failed to detonate , two policemen have lost their legs in such attacks . In 2009 , two off-duty British soldiers and a policeman were shot dead . Last year , car bombs were detonated outside businesses , security installations and a courthouse , but no one was injured . Irish PM Enda Kenny called the attack '' `` heinous and pointless . '' '' François Lenoir/Reuters A Catholic policeman who had just joined Northern Ireland 's police force was killed Saturday when a bomb exploded as he was getting into his car . Police have pointed the finger at the Irish Republican Army in the first deadly attack on security forces in the country in more than two years . The IRA has stated it would target Irish Catholics who join the police force . The policeman , 25 , was killed in Omagh , a town forever linked with the IRA 's most deadly attack - a1998 bombing that killed 29 people in a busy shopping area . '' `` Those who carried it out want to drag us back to the misery and pain of the past , '' '' Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Saturday , calling it a '' `` heinous and pointless act of terror . '' '' '' `` They are acting in defiance of the Irish people , '' '' Kenny said . Leaders from the Irish Catholic and British Protestant communities united in condemning the act and vowed to bring the attackers to justice . '' `` The people of Omagh are stunned , '' '' said local politician Joe Byrne , adding the new attack has brought back memories of the 1998 bombing , in which mostly women and children were killed . No one has ever been successfully prosecuted for that crime . Most IRA members renounced violence and disarmed in 2005 , opening the way for Protestants and Catholics to form a united government . Since then , IRA dissidents have planted dozens of booby-trap bombs under the private cars of police officers . While most have failed to detonate , two policemen have lost their legs in such attacks . In 2009 , two off-duty British soldiers and a policeman were shot dead . Last year , car bombs were detonated outside businesses , security installations and a courthouse , but no one was injured . Irish PM Enda Kenny called the attack '' `` heinous and pointless . '' '' François Lenoir/Reuters A Catholic policeman who had just joined Northern Ireland 's police force was killed Saturday when a bomb exploded as he was getting into his car . Police have pointed the finger at the Irish Republican Army in the first deadly attack on security forces in the country in more than two years . The IRA has stated it would target Irish Catholics who join the police force . The policeman , 25 , was killed in Omagh , a town forever linked with the IRA 's most deadly attack - a1998 bombing that killed 29 people in a busy shopping area . '' `` Those who carried it out want to drag us back to the misery and pain of the past , '' '' Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Saturday , calling it a '' `` heinous and pointless act of terror . '' '' '' `` They are acting in defiance of the Irish people , '' '' Kenny said . Leaders from the Irish Catholic and British Protestant communities united in condemning the act and vowed to bring the attackers to justice . '' `` The people of Omagh are stunned , '' '' said local politician Joe Byrne , adding the new attack has brought back memories of the 1998 bombing , in which mostly women and children were killed . No one has ever been successfully prosecuted for that crime . Most IRA members renounced violence and disarmed in 2005 , opening the way for Protestants and Catholics to form a united government . Since then , IRA dissidents have planted dozens of booby-trap bombs under the private cars of police officers . While most have failed to detonate , two policemen have lost their legs in such attacks . In 2009 , two off-duty British soldiers and a policeman were shot dead . Last year , car bombs were detonated outside businesses , security installations and a courthouse , but no one was injured .
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