30/10/2014

Man Arrested Over Jean McConville Murder

A man, 73, has been arrested in connection with the murder of Jean McConville.

The man from the Dunmurry area has been taken to Antrim police station for questioning.

Mrs McConville was murdered by the IRA in 1972. She was falsely accused of passing information to security forces.

Her remains were discovered by a member of the public in 2003 in a shallow grave in County Louth.

(CD/IT)

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