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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.

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)