24/09/2013

Man Arrested In London Over 1976 Belfast Murder

A 60-year-old man has been arrested in London as part of a renewed investigation into a 1976 Belfast murder.

Paul McNally was fatally shot, and another man seriously injured, as they left a bookmaker's shop at the junction of Brompton Park and Crumlin Road on 5 June 1976.

The police say they believe it was a sectarian attack.

It is believed two gunmen opened fire on a group of men who were leaving the bookmakers. Mr McNally, 26, died two days later in hospital. He was married and had a four-year-old daughter and a five-month-old son.

Today (24 September), detectives from the Serious Crime Branch, assisted by officers from the Metropolitan Police Service, arrested a 60-year-old man in east London.

He is being interviewed at a police station in the city.

The investigation was re-opened after police received new information.

In February, a man was arrested in Belfast and later released pending a report being sent to the Public Prosecution Service.

(JP/MH)

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