2025-01-28
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The bomb ripped out the heart of a town packed with shoppers and with people enjoying oma's annual carnival day.
The massive car bomb in omagh exploded.
At 10 past three in the heart of the town's busy shopping area at the junction of Drumra Avenue and Market Street.
The bunting was up in omagh that day, the 15th of August 1998, for the town's summer carnival.
Children were out on the streets in fancy dress and face paint, families shopping on Market street, getting ready for the start of summer term, a few weeks away.
A car had been stolen to order.
The bomb was mainly made from fertilizer.
That was the key bomb making component.
The car was loaded and two cars took off from south of the border.
One was a scout car looking out to make sure that there were no checkpoints along the way, whilst the other car followed.
There was mobile contact between the two cars as they approached the County Tyrone market Town Omega.