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Slideshow: Thousands walk for peace in Omagh

The walk was to commemorate the police constable who was murdered earlier this month.
8.23am, 11 Apr 2011
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THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE gathered in Omagh yesterday to walk for peace following the murder of police constable Ronan Kerr in the Co Tyrone earlier this month.

The 25-year-old Catholic PSNI officer died when a booby-trap bomb exploded under his car outside his home in the town in Saturday, 2 April.

The attack has been widely condemned and yesterday the people of the town marched in memory of Kerr and to demonstrate their opposition to a return to violence in Northern Ireland.

Slideshow: Thousands walk for peace in Omagh
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  • Walk for Peace

    Thousands of people gather in Omagh for the peace walk. (PA Wire)

  • Walk for Peace

    Those who took part held up placards demonstrating their opposition to the violence. (PA Wire)

  • Walk for Peace

    A mother and daughter take part. (PA Wire)

  • Walk for Peace

    Constable Kerr’s grandfather, John Kerr, said that the family worried about him every day. (PA Wire)

  • Walk for Peace

    A young girl joins the thousands of people who gathered. (PA Wire)

  • Walk for Peace

    No group has yet claimed responsibility for the murder. Three men are being held in connection with it. (PA Wire)
  • Thousands of people gather in Omagh for the peace walk. (PA Wire)
  • Those who took part held up placards demonstrating their opposition to the violence. (PA Wire)
  • A mother and daughter take part. (PA Wire)
  • Constable Kerr’s grandfather, John Kerr, said that the family worried about him every day. (PA Wire)
  • A young girl joins the thousands of people who gathered. (PA Wire)
  • No group has yet claimed responsibility for the murder. Three men are being held in connection with it. (PA Wire)

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