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Bereaved families welcome 'hugely momentous' Omagh bomb inquiry

Families who lost loved ones during the 1998 Omagh bombing in Tyrone are welcoming the confirmation of a public inquiry. The car bomb killed 29 people and is considered to be the deadliest atrocity of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris revealed the inquiry in the Commons on Thursday, 2 February. "It's what we have fought for for over 20 years ... to find out what happened," a father of one of the victims said. Source: PA