21/04/2015

Police Arrest Man Over John Cunningham Murder

Police have arrested a man in England in connection with the murder of a man who was shot by soldiers over 40 years ago in County Tyrone.

John Pat Cunningham, 27, was killed in Benburb on 15 June 1974.

The case was reopened by the PSNI's Legacy Investigation Branch.

The man, 73, is to be brought to Northern Ireland for questioning.

(CD/MH)

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