The bomb was ‘declaration of war on civilian population’

The Omgh bombardment was an unheard of an unheard civilian population for his own political objectives declared war by a real Ira, a person who lost his son in the blast, has told a public investigation.

Michael Galagher, whose 21 -year -old son Eden was killed, said the group described themselves as “freedom fighters”, far away from it.

He told the investigation: “They are going to take freedom, the victims have ended as a freedom fighter.”

After a happy childhood with his parents, Michael and Patty, and their two sisters, Aiden developed into a mature and inspired young man, fascinated with a mechanic cars and aircraft.

“They had a very wide group of friends and I am very proud to say that we live in a country where there is a lot of partitions and bigotry on both sides, but we have ever allowed our family to enter our family. Did not give, “Mr. Galagher said. check.

“We chose our friends because of their heart content, not because of their religion or their politics.

“Aiden’s friends were diverse and many, and this is something that we are proud of.”

Real Ira Bomb 29 people killedOn August 15, 1998, including a woman getting pregnant with twins.

The attack took place four months after signing the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.

This is the second week of investigation and five days, which is taking place at the Struight Arts Center in County Tyrone Town.

The Galagher family was first suffering from troubles. Michael Galagher’s younger brother Hugh was murdered by IRA in 1984.

He explained that he explained why he voted yes in the Good Friday Agreement: “We hoped that we had changed a corner, we started a new chapter in Irish history where people could live together and play together and We could enjoy each other’s company and we could settle down and we could not have our differences by bombs or bullets. “

Mr. Galagher said that the time for the bombing was “absolutely cruel”.

“People often describe the Omgh bomb as the worst troubles, it was actually the first torture of Mayur,” he said.

Aiden went to Omag Town Center to buy a new pair of jeans. His father said that his last words were: “I will not be long.”

Michael Galagher heard the explosion and knew that it was a bomb.

After several visits to the city, in the hospital, he was eventually taken to a Makeshift Murdha, where he identified his son’s body.

His “biggest concern” of running a house as a don was how he was going to tell his family that Eden would not come home.

“It was extremely painful and difficult. Finally I did not really need to say anything.”

The bomb exploded at the busy Omgh Town Center on Saturday afternoon.

The attack took place four months after signing the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.

Real Ira – an dissatisfied Republican paramilitary group – disagreed with the provisional IRA’s decision to call a ceasefire ahead of the talks and continued to plant car bombs in cities across North Ireland.

But the Omgh bomb was Reera’s most deadly attack till now.

Apart from the dead, more than 200 others were injured, some of whom survived life -changing injuries.

Three days after the attack, the real IRA issued a statement claiming responsibility for the explosion.

It apologized to the “civilian” victims and said that its goals were commercial.

Nearly 27 years later, no one has been convicted by a criminal court to complete the murders.

In 2009, the judge ruled the four men in that case – Michael McCwit, Liam Campbell, Kolm Murphy and Seemas Daily were all responsible for the Omag Bomb.

Four people were ordered to pay a total of £ 1.6M in loss to relatives, but the appeal against the ruling delay the compensation process.

A fifth man, Seemas McCena, was acquitted in civil action and later died in a roof accident in 2013.