WATCH: Shankill bomb victims remembered on 25th anniversary of atrocity

Nine people were killed in the 1993 blast at Frizzells fish shop on the Shankill Road. One of the IRA bombers also died. Some 57 were injured in the no warning bomb.

DUP leader Arlene Foster, North Belfast MP Nigel Dodds and Alliance leader Naomi Long are among the politicians in attendance.

Joe Hendron, who was the SDLP MP for West Belfast at the time of the bomb, is also at the service, along with SDLP councillor Tim Attwood.

West Kirk Presbyterian church is filled to capacity.

A number of others who lost people in the Troubles also attended in a show of solidarity with the Shankill bomb families.

The normally busy Shankill Road is silent, with police cordons closing it to traffic.

Lines of people gathered outside the church to hear the service which is being relayed outside by speakers.

Rev David Clawson welcomed everyone both in and outside the church.

During the service, a combined choir from local primary schools will sing King of Kings.

Zoe McBride, who was just two when her mother Sharon was killed in the Shankill bomb, will give a reading.

The exact time that the Shankill bomb exploded - 1.05pm - was marked midway through the service.

October 23, 1993 was a busy Saturday afternoon on the Shankill Road when the bomb exploded.

Twenty-five years later, the road was silent and many shops closed during the service in tribute to those who died.

School children laid floral tributes at the site where Frizzell's fish shop once stood, a short distance from the church.

Flowers were also laid at a nearby memorial garden.

DUP leader Arlene Foster paused for a chat with Gina Murray, whose 13-year-old daughter Leanne was killed in the Shankill bomb.

Mrs Foster paid tribute to the memorial events which have taken place over the last week.

"I think the message today that we were given during the service of hope is one that will resonate very well with the families and I know it's been a great comfort to them," Mrs Foster said.

She added: "I think it was wonderful to have a cross-community presence here today, people showing solidarity with victims, innocent people who were out shopping on a Saturday afternoon and whose lives were snuffed out, for no reason.

"It's been very humbling to be here today with the families to stand in solidarity with them."

Mrs Foster visited an exhibition about the Shankill bomb following the service.