‘World stood still’ in aftermath of Omagh car bomb, inquiry told

Jim Sharkey told the inquiry that he was working as a newsagent on the day of the Omagh bombing (Omagh Bombing Inquiry/PA) -

A former newsagent in Omagh has told how the “world stood still” in the moments after a massive car bomb devastated the town centre in 1998.

Giving evidence to the Omagh Bombing Inquiry, Jim Sharkey said members of his family were told that he had been killed in the confusion which followed the explosion that blew in the front window of his shop and knocked his wife out of her shoes.