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20 years since the Manchester bombing

On Saturday 15 June 1996 a bomb planted by the IRA tore through Manchester city centre.

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  1. Rob Smith, ITV News

Remembering the Manchester bombing, 20 years on

The scene of devastation caused by the Manchester bombing 20 years ago. Credit: PA Images

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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