Jim Allister, TUV, incolpa lo Sinn Fein per ritardo nel rapporto HET su bomba di Enniskillen

TUV claim over Poppy Day report

The Historical Enquiries Team report into the Enniskillen Poppy Day massacre will say that the IRA also tried to bomb a youth parade only a few miles away on the same day, it is claimed.

TUV leader Jim Allister made the claim last night as he accused Sinn Fein of causing delays in the HET investigation into the atrocity by pressing for an end to former RUC officers being hired as agency staff.

Mr Allister said the HET report into the Enniskillen bombing is likely to confirm that the IRA planned another bomb attack on the same day on a Boys’ and Girls’ Brigade parade at Tullyhommon, only a few miles away from Enniskillen.

The Tullyhommon bomb failed to go off but the Enniskillen bomb claimed 12 lives and injured many more.

However, the TUV leader said one of the Enniskillen victims tells him HET is now saying its report on the attack will not be published in time for the 25th anniversary of the atrocity, on November 8, due to loss of agency staff.

The MLA said he was “appalled” by the reports and blamed Sinn Fein, as it has campaigned against the use of agency staff in the PSNI.

A PSNI spokesman said changes in staffing at HET, as within PSNI, “are being considered against the backdrop of a challenging financial environment and an ongoing commitment to reduce the organisation’s dependency on temporary staffing contracts”.

He added: “The temporary posts under consideration in HET are of an administrative and supportive capacity and are not of investigative roles.”

A Sinn Fein spokesman said HET was “former RUC officers investigating former RUC officers”.

He added: “This is clearly unacceptable to anyone in the nationalist/republican community. The rehiring of former RUC officers into sensitive positions in the PSNI is a practice which must stop.”