Omagh remembers Sept 11 victims during religious service

The families of people killed in the Omagh bomb massacres have remembered victims of last year’s September 11 terror atrocities in the United States.

At a special cross-community religious service marking the fourth anniversary of the Real IRA bomb, a minute’s silence was held for the 29 people and the two unborn children killed in Omagh.

Flowers in memory of the Omagh bomb victims were placed at a memorial garden near the scene of the 1998 attack and prayers were said for them during the lunchtime service.

Among those attending the event were unionist and nationalist politicians as well as people from Buncrana in Co Donegal and from Spain, where some of the victims came from.

Only one man has been convicted in connection with the Omagh car bomb. Colm Murphy, from Ravensdale in Co Louth, was jailed last year by the Special Criminal Court for 14 years for conspiring to cause the attack.