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Civil action against bombers

An innovative civil action against five men suspected of involvement in the Omagh bombing by the Real IRA in 1998 has been launched in the Belfast High Court by families of the victims. There were 31 dead and many injured. Funding their own action and seeking unspecified damages, the action was launched within days of limitation.

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