Omagh bombing: Inquiry stirs memories of day lives changed forever

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As inquiry into the Omagh bombing is announced, people recall a day that cannot be forgotten.

Twenty-nine people - including a woman pregnant with twins - died in the 1998 attack in the County Tyrone town.Many of the bereaved families have been campaigning for an inquiry into the Omagh bombing for more than a decade.- 29 people lost their lives, including a woman who was pregnant with twins.Image caption,It doesn't take you long to walk around the town and find people who still carry that trauma every day."It's a day I'll never forget," one woman told me.

"I just remember the noise and then the silence, then the chaos and devastation that ensued after. It'll stay with me forever."Jill and Lillian work in a shop on Market Street, not far from where the bomb exploded - they described the scene as "absolute mayhem". Three women who worked in the shop were killed. Jill's mother was stuck in a shop when the bomb went off.The 29 victims of the Omagh bombing

Other people on Market Street were happy to stop and chat, but many wanted to reserve judgment on the inquiry."I think as a town we want to know the truth but at the same time, it's in the past. It's in a box, that day," said one shopper, who was in the Dunnes Stores car park when the bomb went off. "I don't know if it'll help those families - I hope it does - but I suppose that's for the families to find out."One man remarked that it was "about time" while another, when asked if he welcomed the news, said "very much so".

 

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