Omagh Bombing
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| Non-fatal injuries | About 220 initially reported; later stories say over 300. |
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About Omagh Bombing
The Omagh bombing was a car bomb terrorist attack on 15 August 1998 in the town of Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It was carried out by a group calling themselves the Real Irish Republican Army, a Provisional Irish Republican Army splinter group who opposed the IRA's ceasefire and the Good Friday Agreement.
No charges in Birmingham pub bombings reinvestigation
... " The victims families, through the Justice4the21 campaign group, have long been calling for a public inquiry into the attack, which was spotlighted after the announcement of an inquiry into the 1998 Omagh Bombing in February this year...
Omagh bomb: Families mark 25th anniversary with private service
... In February, Northern Ireland Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris announced into the preventability of the Omagh Bombing...
Omagh bomb service 'testament to community spirit' 25 years on
... Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt, was found responsible for the Omagh Bombing in a civil case in 2009, with three other men - Liam Campbell, Colm Murphy and Seamus Daly - also being found liable for the attack...
Omagh bombing: UK government announces independent statutory inquiry
...There will be an independent statutory inquiry into the Omagh Bombing, the UK government has confirmed...
