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Omagh bombing: Key events before and after the attack The red Vauxhall Cavalier containing the bomb. This photograph was taken shortly before the explosion; the camera was found afterwards in the rubble. The man and child in the photo both survived; the photographer did not. On August 15th 1998, a father and daughter had their photo taken in Omagh, County Tyrone in Northern Ireland shortly later. Afterwards. The Red car seen in the photograph would explode, killing 29 people and injuring 220 others. The car bombing was carried out by the 'real IRA' splinter group who opposed the IRA's cease fire and the good Friday agreement The Omagh bombing was a car bombing on 15 August 1998 in the town of Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It was carried out by the Real Irish Republican Army (Real IRA), a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) splinter group who opposed the IRA's ceasefire and the Good Friday Agreement, signed earlier in the year. The bombing killed 29 peopl