| Murder of Ronan Kerr | |
|---|---|
| Part of Dissident Irish Republican campaign | |
| Location | Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland |
| Date | 2 April 2011 1600 BST |
| Target | Ronan Kerr |
Attack type | booby-trap |
| Deaths | 1 |
| Injured | 0 |
Ronan Kerr was a Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officer killed by a booby-trap car bomb planted outside his home on 2 April 2011 at Highfield Close, just off the Gortin Road (the B48), near Killyclogher on the northern outskirts of Omagh in County Tyrone.[1] Responsibility for the attack was later claimed by a dissident republican group claiming to be made of former members of the Provisional IRA.[2][3][4]
Constable Kerr was Roman Catholic, a group which at the time constituted approximately 30% of PSNI officers (a proportion recruitment policies were trying to increase),[5] and was 25 at the time of his death. He was a member of a Gaelic Athletic Association club, the Beragh Red Knights. The guard of honour at Kerr's funeral was formed of club members and PSNI officers, a funeral also attended by the leaders of Ireland's four main churches.[6]
- ^ Roberts, Genevieve (3 April 2011). "Booby trap bomb kills policeman in Northern Ireland". The Independent. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ Peter Robinson condemns Ronan Kerr murder claim – 22 April 2011 – BBC News
- ^ Former Provos claim Kerr murder and vow more attacks – 22 April 2011 – Belfast Telegraph
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
BBCarrestNov27was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Northern Ireland’s McGuinness Says Dissidents are `Enemies' – 4 April 2011 – Bloomberg
- ^ Ronan Kerr's killers told: 'In God's name stop' – 6 April 2011 – BBC news