20 years since the Manchester bombing
On Saturday 15 June 1996 a bomb planted by the IRA tore through Manchester city centre.
On Saturday 15 June 1996 a bomb planted by the IRA tore through Manchester city centre.
On 15 June 1996 a bomb planted by the IRA tore through Manchester city centre.
The 3,000lb device was detonated near the Arndale Centre - where more than 80,000 people had been enjoying a sunny, Saturday morning.
Thanks to a remarkable evacuation, nobody was killed.
But the blast left behind a scene of devastation and hundreds were injured.
Some survivors, located just yards from the explosion, survived by luck alone.
Rob Smith has been meet them:
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