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Man arrested in connection with murder of 21 people in 1974 Birmingham pub bombings

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A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of 21 people in two pub bombings in Birmingham in 1974. Officers from West Midlands Police's counter terrorism unit, working with police in Northern Ireland, arrested a 65-year-old man at his home in Belfast today.

In a statement the force said that: "The man was arrested under the Terrorism Act and a search of his home is being carried out. "He will be interviewed under caution at a police station in Northern Ireland." It comes just a month after Home Secretary Priti Patel said she would consider holding a public inquiry into the bombings.

Ms Patel also wanted to visit Birmingham to meet justice campaigners, including Julie Hambleton, whose 18-year-old sister Maxine died in the

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