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Zimbabwean Man And Daughter Among 10 Killed In Ireland Explosion

1 year agoMon, 10 Oct 2022 09:20:55 GMT
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Zimbabwean Man And Daughter Among 10 Killed In Ireland Explosion

A Zimbabwean man and his daughter are among 10 people killed on Friday in an explosion at a petrol station in Ireland.

The explosion occurred just after 3 PM local time at the Applegreen petrol station on the outskirts of the village of Creeslough, in the Irish county of Donegal.

On Sunday, police released the names of the 10 victims, among them the Zimbabwean man Robert Garwe (59) and his daughter Shauna Flanagan Garwe (5).

Shauna and her father had just entered the petrol station shop to buy a birthday cake for her mum when the explosion happened.

Police identified other victims as Catherine O Donnell, 39, and her 13-year-old son James Monaghan, James O Flaherty, 48, Jessica Gallagher, 24, Martin McGill, 49, Hugh Kelly, 59, Martina Martin, 49, and 14-year-old Leona Harper. Said Superintendent David Kelly:

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We have to keep an open mind as a police service in how we investigate this but our information at this point in time is pointing towards a tragic accident.

Eight people were being treated in hospital, including one with critical injuries who was airlifted to Dublin, the Irish capital.

Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin described the incident as an unspeakable tragedy. He expressed his sympathies to the families and friends of the victims.

Bernard Doherty, who lives nearby and knew all but one of the victims, told national broadcaster RTE:

Rubble had been blown across the forecourt as far as the road. There was everything from tin to blocks, floor slabs, and contents from the shop just lying around the place.

About 20 seconds after landing on the scene, we knew what was ahead.

| ZimLive

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