The public inquiry into the Omagh bombing has reopened, with the names of the 29 victims read aloud. The inquiry aims to determine if UK authorities could have prevented the 1998 Real IRA bombing. Inquiry chair Alan Turnbull emphasized the emotional toll on bereaved families as they recount their pain. He acknowledged that the evidence presented may be distressing and hoped it would help everyone understand the profound consequences of such violence on innocent lives and communities.
For many, revisiting the thoughts and emotions of loss and injury has been very upsetting, Turnbull said.
He said he hoped the evidence would mean that the devastating and lasting impact of terrible random violence, which otherwise might be incomprehensible to those who have no such experience in their lives, would be understood by all.
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