source: Birmingham Mail

first published: 19 April 2024

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Birmingham MPs are calling upon the Government to hold an inquiry into the Pub Bombings atrocity amid the 'grim 50 year milestone.' Recalling the 21 innocent victims, they collectively requested the Home Secretary carry out a section 1 inquiry into the deadly terror attack of 1974.

Their calls come amid an ongoing campaign for"truth, justice and accountability", with many of the MPs involved for several years. With families still left with no justice five decades on, they say an inquiry is needed to finally provide answers, but also to ensure the same "could not happen again."

In the letter, which emerged tonight, the group of MPs wrote: "We, the MPs for the City of Birmingham, are writing to you to request as a collective that you hold a section 1 inquiry into The Birmingham Pub Bombings 1974 pursuant to the Inquiries Act 2005.

"This is a campaign for truth, justice, and accountability, many of us have been involved with for many years, including the Mayor of the West Midlands Combined Authority, Andy Street.

"We must recall the names of the 21 innocent people victims murdered on the streets of our city."

"This year we will commemorate this loss of life and the terrible tragedy that happened in our city as we reach the grim milestone of 50 years passing since the atrocity. Still the families of these Birmingham citizens have been left with no justice for the loss of their loved ones, and no answers into the systematic failings and concerns surrounding how this tragedy was handled for decades after the event.



"It is our belief that this request for a section 1 statutory public inquiry is needed to, not only provide much needed truth, justice, and accountability for the families of the 21, but also to ensure learning for our state bodies that the same could not happen again."

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