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Omagh bomb still haunts N.Ireland’s fragile peace 25 years on

By Callum PATON OMAGH, United Kingdom, Aug 11, 2023 (AFP) – On a bright Saturday in August almost 25 years ago, Kevin Skelton was rejoining his family shopping for new school shoes in Omagh’s town centre when a massive bomb went off. Amid the ensuing carnage, he clambered through a hole in the shop’s storefront trying to reach his wife Philomena and their three girls. “I found Mena lying face down in the rubble,” said […]