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Today marks the 35th anniversary of the Enniskillen bomb

Nov 8, 2022 15:26 By News Northern Sound
Today marks the 35th anniversary of the Enniskillen bomb
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South East Fermanagh Foundation SEFF remembered the 12 innocent people whose lives were cruelly stolen.

An act of remembrance has taken place in Co Fermanagh to mark the 35th anniversary of the Enniskillen bomb.

The town was devastated on November 8th 1987 when a Provisional IRA attack turned the annual Remembrance Sunday commemoration into an atrocity.

Twelve people were killed and more than 60 others were injured - A 12th victim, Ronnie Hill, died from his injuries after 13 years in a coma.

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Relatives of those killed and members of the public gathered at 10.43 this morning, the exact time of the explosion 35 years ago to remember their loved ones at a newly installed memorial in the town.

As is the case down the years, the families gathered at 10.30am ahead of the short Act of Remembrance which takes place @ 10.42am, the point when the bomb exploded that fateful day on Remembrance Sunday 1987.

South East Fermanagh Foundation SEFF remembered the 12 innocent people whose lives were cruelly stolen as they remembered the War Dead in Enniskillen earlier today.

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The organisation also remembered all those who were injured; whether physically or psychologically and they saluted the efforts of the emergency response effort, particularly the actions of medical personnel and the soldiers of the Ulster Defence Regiment on this day 35 years ago.

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