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23/10/2013
Shankill Road Bombing Memorial Service Held
A service has been held to mark the 20th anniversary of the Shankill Road bombing that killed ten people.
According to reports hundreds of people attended a service at West Kirk Presbyterian Church, while shops along the Shankill Road closed their shutters as a mark of respect.
The bombing in October 1993 killed nine Protestant civilians, including two children, and the bomber Thomas Begley. The bomb exploded prematurely as Begley entered a fish mongers on the road.
The memorial follows recent controversy when a plaque commemorating IRA man Thomas Begley was unveiled by his father and Sean Kelly – another IRA man who survived the explosion.
(MH/CD)
According to reports hundreds of people attended a service at West Kirk Presbyterian Church, while shops along the Shankill Road closed their shutters as a mark of respect.
The bombing in October 1993 killed nine Protestant civilians, including two children, and the bomber Thomas Begley. The bomb exploded prematurely as Begley entered a fish mongers on the road.
The memorial follows recent controversy when a plaque commemorating IRA man Thomas Begley was unveiled by his father and Sean Kelly – another IRA man who survived the explosion.
(MH/CD)
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