Episode details

World Service,15 Aug 2018,9 mins

The Omagh Bombing

Witness History

Available for over a year

In August 1998, 29 people died and more than 220 were injured in a massive car bombing in the centre of Omagh, Northern Ireland. It was the worst single incident in the decades of sectarian violence. Mike Lanchin hears from Stanley McCombe, whose wife, Ann, was among the victims. Photo: Omagh town-centre after the bomb attack (AP)

Programme Website
More episodes