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Prayers have been said for the IRA bombers who killed 11 people in Enniskillen on Remembrance Sunday in 1987. | Prayers have been said for the IRA bombers who killed 11 people in Enniskillen on Remembrance Sunday in 1987. |
Flowers were laid and a minute's silence held at the war memorial where the IRA bomb exploded without warning. | |
Methodist minister Rev Kenneth Robinson said he wanted the bombers to "remember the pain they inflicted". | Methodist minister Rev Kenneth Robinson said he wanted the bombers to "remember the pain they inflicted". |
He said he hoped they would come to a moment where they would admit what they had done and face the consequences. | He said he hoped they would come to a moment where they would admit what they had done and face the consequences. |
No-one has ever been charged in connection with the no-warning bomb attack, which was one of the worst atrocities of the Troubles. | |
The blast injured 63 people, many of whom have never fully recovered. | The blast injured 63 people, many of whom have never fully recovered. |
Shooting | Shooting |
During the special remembrance service, prayers were said for "those who constructed, transported, planted and primed the bomb". | During the special remembrance service, prayers were said for "those who constructed, transported, planted and primed the bomb". |
Presbyterian minister Rev David Cupples referred to the shooting of the policeman outside a school in Londonderry. | Presbyterian minister Rev David Cupples referred to the shooting of the policeman outside a school in Londonderry. |
He said it "saddens us, shocks us and could discourage us" that there are still those in the community whose hearts were "filled with a dark and diabolical vision of life". | |
Enniskillen-based DUP MLA Arlene Foster said the community had worked hard to heal the wounds caused by the attack. | Enniskillen-based DUP MLA Arlene Foster said the community had worked hard to heal the wounds caused by the attack. |
"You know it was very bizarre at the time because Enniskillen and Fermanagh was a community that always got on together and always worked along together," she said. | "You know it was very bizarre at the time because Enniskillen and Fermanagh was a community that always got on together and always worked along together," she said. |
"However, there was always a very small minority who wanted to spoil that and they succeeded very much here for some time in Enniskillen. | "However, there was always a very small minority who wanted to spoil that and they succeeded very much here for some time in Enniskillen. |
"But the community has gradually come back together again and are very strongly standing against all sorts of terrorism and will continue to do so." | "But the community has gradually come back together again and are very strongly standing against all sorts of terrorism and will continue to do so." |