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Brokenshire: no place in our society for those who want to pull us back to the past

The Secretary of State has strongly condemned those who placed a device at Omagh Memorial on Remembrance Day

• From: Northern Ireland Office and The Rt Hon James Brokenshire
• Published: 12 November 2017

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Speaking earlier following the Remembrance Day Service at Enniskillen, Mr Brokenshire said:

I condemn unreservedly those who are responsible for the placing of the device in Omagh earlier this morning. It is a despicable act on the day that we gather to honour those brave men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice.

Let me be clear there is no place in society for these faceless people who want to drag us back to the dark days of Northern Ireland’s past.’‬

Published 12 November 2017