ULSTER Unionist MP Tom Elliott has questioned the British Government on why there are no police officers investigating the 1987 Enniskillen bombing which killed 11 people and injured 64.

As reported in The Impartial Reporter a fortnight ago, the families of those killed and injured have been told that the police investigation into the IRA atrocity has 'stopped'.

Mr. Elliott, the Fermanagh-south Tyrone representative, has challenged Ben Wallace, the Under Secretary of State at the Northern Ireland Office, on the issue during question time at Westminster.

“How does he explain then that there are over 20 Police Service of Northern Ireland officers investigating those soldiers at Bloody Sunday and not one police officer investigating the 11 murders in Enniskillen on Remembrance Sunday in 1987?” asked Mr. Elliott.

In his response, Mr. Wallace told the House that he did not know “the inner-workings of how the chief constable and his senior officers decide each individual case,” adding: “and nor should I.”

“Suffice to say that the chief constable is determined, in my understanding, to bring to justice any individual who has broken the law in the past. There are plenty former terrorists or current terrorists who need to be brought to justice. It is not in my view all focused on former soldiers,” he said.

Speaking afterwards, Mr. Elliott said: “Justice must be for everyone. However this process shows total disregard for the victims of Enniskillen on Remembrance Sunday in 1987 at the hands of the IRA, while on the other hand there is yet another attempt to pursue members of the security forces. If the Minister does not see that as unfair and disproportionate then I am afraid I don’t see what would be.”

“The Ulster Unionist Party believes there is a significant gap in support and justice for all innocent victims of the Troubles. Dealing with the legacy issues is one of the stumbling blocks of this agreement, seemingly because Sinn Fein were looking for complete disclosure from the British Government. While justice must be administered to all, there cannot be an imbalanced focus on the actions of the State when 90 per cent of murders committed during the Troubles were committed by members of terrorist organisations.”