Man arrested in connection with 1976 mass shooting at Kingsmill village

A man has been arrested by detectives investigating the sectarian murder of ten Protestant workmen in the North 40 years ago.

Fri, 05 Aug, 2016 - 17:23

A man has been arrested by detectives investigating the sectarian murder of 10 Protestant workmen in the North 40 years ago.

The 59-year-old suspect was detained two months after police announced a major forensic breakthrough in the unsolved investigation into the mass shooting at the village of Kingsmill, Co Armagh.

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