UK police arrest a 65-year-old man over 1974 Birmingham pub bombings

Police have arrested a man on Wednesday in Northern Ireland in association with 1974 bombings of two pubs that killed 21 people and injured over 200 in Birmingham, England. Officers from West Midlands counterterrorism unit, working with colleagues from Police Service of Northern Ireland, arrested a 65-year-old man in Belfast, West Midlands. The man has been arrested under the UK’s Terrorism Act.

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