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Thu 05 May 2004Painting remembers Spain's Omagh victimsThe people of Omagh this week presented the people of Madrid with a special painting in memory of two young Spanish citizens who died in the Omagh bomb blast six years ago.Fernando Blanco (12) and teacher Rocio Abad (29) - both from Madrid - were among the 29 killed in Omagh on August 15th, 1998. Madrid and Omagh are even more closely linked following the bombing in the Spanish capital on March 11th.