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Hundreds of people, including relatives and survivors, have gathered in Enniskillen on the 20th anniversary of the town's Remembrance Day bomb. | Hundreds of people, including relatives and survivors, have gathered in Enniskillen on the 20th anniversary of the town's Remembrance Day bomb. |
A two-minute silence was observed and wreaths laid at the cenotaph where 11 people were killed and 63 injured by the no-warning IRA explosion in 1987. | A two-minute silence was observed and wreaths laid at the cenotaph where 11 people were killed and 63 injured by the no-warning IRA explosion in 1987. |
Earlier the town's centre was cordoned off due to a hoax bomb alert. | |
However, the remembrance service and parade were not disrupted and started on time. | However, the remembrance service and parade were not disrupted and started on time. |
Ulster Unionist councillor Alex Baird said the alert had brought back "difficult memories of twenty years ago". | Ulster Unionist councillor Alex Baird said the alert had brought back "difficult memories of twenty years ago". |
"I'm amazed that anyone could be so uncaring or unthoughtful at this poignant time on the 20th anniversary of the Enniskillen bomb. | "I'm amazed that anyone could be so uncaring or unthoughtful at this poignant time on the 20th anniversary of the Enniskillen bomb. |