Crash helmets linked to landmine attack in Northern Ireland that killed three police officers

DNA contained within two crash helmets will, police believe, reveal the identities of IRA suspects who carried out a landmine attack that killed three police officers in Northern Ireland four decades ago, the head of an investigation into historical killings during the Troubles has said.

The head of Operation Kenova, which is reopening the files on several unsolved historic and controversial crimes from the Troubles, confirmed that advanced forensic and DNA tests had been carried out on helmets as part of his investigations into the explosion.

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