The World - News from April 14, 1989

The Irish Republican Army apologized for a bombing that killed a Roman Catholic woman and wounded more than 30 other people in an attack minutes before the outlawed group tried to telephone a warning to the Northern Ireland town of Warren Point. A statement by the IRA, which is fighting to unite the province with the Irish Republic, admitted that one of its men may have prematurely detonated the 1,500-pound bomb. Police said some buildings were leveled and more than 200 homes and 13 small businesses were badly damaged. The IRA admission made the victim, 20-year-old Joanne Reilly, the 29th civilian killed by mistake by the outlawed group since late 1987.