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The car bomb went off at 3:10pm on Market Street, one of Omagh's busiest commercial streets
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Aerial view of the damage from the Omagh bombing
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A dad and his child pose next to the car packed with explosives moments before it went off. The camera was found in the rubble after the explosion
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Previously unseen picture of the blood soaked street in Omagh. The picture shows the shop outside where the car bomb exploded Photo credit:Alan Lewis - Photopress Belfast 14/8/2008
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Scenes of the Omagh bomb devastation
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People running from the scene of the car bomb attack in Omagh
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Damage and rubble in the streets after the Omagh bombing
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Investigators searching cars. On the day of the attack, the car was loaded with more than 230kg (500lbs) of explosives
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IRA wall mural
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The car bomb, placed by the Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA) exploded, killing 31 people including unborn eight month term twins. More than 300 were injured
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the BBC called the Omagh bombing "Northern Ireland's worst single terrorist atrocity"
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In 2009, the families of those who were killed in the attack were awarded compensation after four IRA members were found guilty in a £14 million ($22 million) lawsuit
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The Omagh Memorial Garden is 300 meters away from the site of the incident. The mirrored monument has the victims' names etched
Images from the car bomb attack that occurred in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland on August 15th, 1998. 29 people died in the attack and more than 300 were injured. The Omagh bombing is considered Northern Ireland's "worst single terrorist atrocity." ;
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June 9, 2009
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