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Manchester service marks 25 years since IRA bomb

The service of remembrance at St Ann's Church
The service of remembrance at St Ann's Church The service of remembrance at St Ann's Church

A CHURCH remembrance service was held in Manchester yesterday to mark 25 years since an IRA bomb attack in the city.

A total of 65 people were injured on December 3 1992 when two devices exploded – one close to a department store and the other near Manchester Cathedral.

Yesterday's service of remembrance was held at St Ann's Church.

Kenny Donaldson of the South East Fermanagh Foundation (Seff) said: "Over 200 were in attendance at the service and the follow-up reception was also well attended."

It was not the last time the city was targeted, as in June 1996 the IRA parked in the city centre a lorry carrying 3,300 lbs of homemade explosives – the biggest bomb detonated in Britain since the Second World War.

More than 200 people were injured from the explosion, but none were killed.