HORROR THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING
Horror that changed everything
Unseen pictures reveal cost of carnage
Jonny Stones
THE unseen horror of Omagh is laid bare today in hitherto unpublished images that were taken in the aftermath of the Real IRA bomb that killed 31 people, including unborn twins.
Side by side, the bodies of victims caught up in the blast are draped in sheets or curtains and stacked on the floors of makeshift morgues in the Co Tyrone town.
The shops on Market Street were the only places immediately available to lay the dead to rest after the bomb exploded at 3.12pm, 10 years ago today.
Between the hanging rails of a cut-price clothes store and crammed into the tight floor space of a high street undertaker, the victims were afforded whatever dignity in death was possible after the Real IRA attack.
Each victim was carefully covered by the townspeople, who fought to save their loved ones and neighbours, while trying to come to terms with the atrocity that devastated Omagh town centre.
Destruction
These grisly pictures show the true scale of the destruction brought to the sleepy community when dissident terrorists made one last play to derail the peace process going on at Stormont.
Further photos, that remained hidden until today, reveal the determination of the bombers to wreak havoc with a powerful fertiliser bomb, which reduced the car carrying it to a single wheel and one front suspension spring.
The carnage from the explosion is clearly shown strewn across the surrounding area, as buildings and people in the town took the full force of the 500lb bomb.
Unseen pictures reveal cost of carnage
Jonny Stones
THE unseen horror of Omagh is laid bare today in hitherto unpublished images that were taken in the aftermath of the Real IRA bomb that killed 31 people, including unborn twins.
Side by side, the bodies of victims caught up in the blast are draped in sheets or curtains and stacked on the floors of makeshift morgues in the Co Tyrone town.
The shops on Market Street were the only places immediately available to lay the dead to rest after the bomb exploded at 3.12pm, 10 years ago today.
Between the hanging rails of a cut-price clothes store and crammed into the tight floor space of a high street undertaker, the victims were afforded whatever dignity in death was possible after the Real IRA attack.
Each victim was carefully covered by the townspeople, who fought to save their loved ones and neighbours, while trying to come to terms with the atrocity that devastated Omagh town centre.
Destruction
These grisly pictures show the true scale of the destruction brought to the sleepy community when dissident terrorists made one last play to derail the peace process going on at Stormont.
Further photos, that remained hidden until today, reveal the determination of the bombers to wreak havoc with a powerful fertiliser bomb, which reduced the car carrying it to a single wheel and one front suspension spring.
The carnage from the explosion is clearly shown strewn across the surrounding area, as buildings and people in the town took the full force of the 500lb bomb.
Further Information
Publisher: IRISH INDEPENDENT
Ref: II10An/05
Published Date: 15-Aug-08
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