
The car bomb went off at 3:10pm on Market Street, one of Omagh's busiest commercial streets

Aerial view of the damage from the Omagh bombing

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

Previously unseen picture of the blood soaked street in Omagh. The picture shows the shop outside where the car bomb exploded
Alan Lewis - Photopress Belfast 14/8/2008

Scenes of the Omagh bomb devastation

People running from the scene of the car bomb attack in Omagh

Damage and rubble in the streets after the Omagh bombing

Investigators searching cars. On the day of the attack, the car was loaded with more than 230kg (500lbs) of explosives

IRA wall mural

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

the BBC called the Omagh bombing "Northern Ireland's worst single terrorist atrocity"

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

The Omagh Memorial Garden is 300 meters away from the site of the incident. The mirrored monument has the victims' names etched
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