Terrorist attack
Open on the mapThe Troubles: The Omagh bombing is carried out in Northern Ireland by the Real Irish Republican Army as a reaction to the Good Friday Agreement
15 Aug 1998 · 54.60° N, 7.30° W
What the records say
- When
- 15 Aug 1998
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Coordinates
- 54.60° N, 7.30° W
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Omagh bombing.
Summary
The Troubles: The Omagh bombing is carried out in Northern Ireland by the Real Irish Republican Army as a reaction to the Good Friday Agreement. 29 people are killed and 220 are injured. Shortly after these events, the group will call a ceasefire in response, signaling an end to the 30+ year conflict.
3 sources record it
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в результате самого кровавого теракта в Оме за время конфликта в Северной Ирландии погибло 29 человек, свыше 220 получили ранения”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “اندلاع تفجير أوماه في أيرلندا الشمالية يودي بمقتل 34 شخص”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
Nearby in time and place
- 1997 nationalist riots in Northern Ireland6 Jul 1997 · Riot
- Murder of Sean Brown1997 · Murder
- Katrina and the Waves win the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Love Shine a Light, the first time the UK has won the competition since 19813 May 1997 · Event
- 1996 Derry riots1996 · Riot
- Murder of Sinéad Kelly22 Jun 1998 · Murder
- murder of Raonaid Murray3 Sep 1999 · Murder · Killed 1
- Thiepval barracks bombing: The IRA explodes two car bombs inside the British Army headquarters at Lisburn, killing one soldier and injuring 37 other people7 Oct 1996 · Terrorist attack
- Garnock Court fire11 Jun 1999 · Fire