Woman tells inquiry she was ‘on fire’ after Omagh bomb exploded next to her

Pauline Harte, a survivor of the Omagh bombing, outside the Strule Arts Centre in Omagh, Co Tyrone (Liam McBurney/PA) - (PA Wire)

A woman has described the harrowing moments when she was left on fire after becoming trapped underneath the engine of the car which had carried the Omagh bomb.

The chairman of the Omagh Bombing Inquiry Lord Turnbull said he doubted whether he had ever “heard of such an attitude of kindness and generosity being expressed in the face of barbaric violence”, following the evidence of Pauline Harte.