Omagh bombing victim found by husband face down in the rubble, inquiry hears

Omagh bombing victim found by husband face down in the rubble, inquiry hears
Kevin Skelton, whose wife Philomena was one of the 29 people and unborn twins killed in the Omagh bomb (Liam McBurney/PA)

A man has told the Omagh Bombing Inquiry how he found his wife lying face down in rubble in the aftermath of the massacre.

Kevin Skelton told the hearing that he could never forget the smell of burning flesh and the cries of victims after a Real IRA bomb devastated the centre of the Co Tyrone town in 1998.

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