Omagh bombing: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date	August 15, 1998
Location	Northern Ireland • Omagh
Participants	Real Irish Republican Army
Context	the Troubles

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British soldiers and armored vehicles stand behind a barricade on a debris-strewn street in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, with civilians gathered in the distance before the Bloody Sunday shooting.

Bloody Sunday

January 30, 1972

Destruction of the Mulberry Bush

Birmingham pub bombings

November 21, 1975

Omagh bombing

August 15, 1998