'We want the truth': New inquests into Birmingham pub bombings begin

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'We want the truth': New inquests into Birmingham pub bombings begin
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The attack on two pubs came at the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

File photo dated 22 November 1974 of the rubble in the Mulberry Bush pub in Birmingham after one of the bombs detonated. Image: PA Wire/PA Images File photo dated 22 November 1974 of the rubble in the Mulberry Bush pub in Birmingham after one of the bombs detonated. Image: PA Wire/PA Images INQUESTS BEGAN TODAY to re-examine the deaths of 21 people in the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings, amid claims police failed to heed warnings.

The men were freed, after what is seen as one of Britain’s greatest miscarriages of justice. No one has since been convicted in relation to the attacks, but the police investigation remains open. Eleven jurors – six women and five men – were sworn in earlier today as the inquests reopened after a long campaign by victims’ families. The inquests could last up to six weeks.

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