Families of Shankill Road bomb victims unveil memorial on anniversary of attack

The families of those who lost their lives in the Shankill Road bombing in Belfast have come together to unveil a new memorial on the 30th anniversary of the IRA atrocity. The memorial on the site of the former Frizzell’s fish shop shows a clock with its hands stopped at 1.06pm, the time that the bomb exploded in 1993. The relatives then attended a remembrance service in West Kirk Presbyterian Church where they were told that “mayhem” had been visited on the community 30 years ago. DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and former SDLP MP for west Belfast Joe Hendron were among those who attended the church service, while several hundred people lined the Shankill Road. Nine people, including two young girls, were killed in the bombing of Frizzell’s fish shop on October 23 1993, while dozens were injured. One of the IRA bombers was also killed in the blast. The victims were the fish shop owner, John Frizzell, 63, his daughter Sharon McBride, 29, Michael Morrison, 27, his partner Evelyn Baird, 27, their daughter, Michelle, seven, George Williamson, 63, Gillian Williamson, 49, Wilma McKee, 38, and Leanne Murray, 13. Garry Murray, whose sister Leanne was 13 when she was killed, said the bombing had devastated his family.