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Public inquiry into Omagh bombing to get under way

The Omagh bombing inquiry begins today, focusing on the 29 victims killed in the 1998 attack by the Real IRA, including a pregnant woman with twins.
The inquiry will hear testimonies from victims' families and aims to determine if UK authorities could have prevented the bombing.
The first day will honor two Spanish victims, with statements read by their families at the Strule Arts Centre in Omagh.
The inquiry, established by the UK government, seeks to understand the consequences of the bombing but will not identify those responsible.

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Daily Mirror

Grieving relatives herald new inquiry into the Omagh bombing 'horror'

New Omagh bombing atrocity inquiry launched into whether the 1998 'horror blast' could have been avoided as some of the victims' loved ones honour their memory years later

26 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Conversation

Omagh bombing: why a public inquiry is being held more than 25 years after the atrocity

The 1998 Good Friday agreement is commonly seen to have ended what were euphemistically termed “the Troubles” in Northern Ireland. However, just four months after the peace accord was signed, an attack on the town of Omagh resulted in the greatest loss of life in any single incident of the conflict. The bombing, on August 15 1998, killed 29 people and injured an estimated 220 more. Among those who lost their lives were nine children and a woman …

26 days ago

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Irish Independent

Omagh Bombing Inquiry ‘will get to the truth’ to determine if Real IRA attack could have been prevented

The Omagh bomb inquiry will get to the truth and provide answers for bereaved families seeking to know if the “act of savagery” could have been prevented.

The Omagh bombing inquiry begins — what happened and what is at stake

In the single deadliest event of the Troubles, 29 people were killed by a car bomb in Northern Ireland's County Tyrone on 15 August 1998.

26 days ago·France

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Impartial Reporter

Public inquiry into Omagh bomb to begin hearings today

The public inquiry into the Omagh bombing is to hold its first substantive hearings.

26 days ago

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UPI

Omagh bombing public inquiry gets underway with testimony from relatives and survivors

An independent public inquiry into a 1998 bombing in Omagh in Northern Ireland in which 29 people were killed and 220 injured, the worst atrocity of "The Troubles," opened with testimony from victims' families.

27 days ago·Washington, United States

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