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| IRA Birmingham pub bombings: Memorial service for 41st anniversary | IRA Birmingham pub bombings: Memorial service for 41st anniversary |
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| Relatives of the victims of the IRA Birmingham pub bombings are attending a memorial service to mark the 41st anniversary of the attacks. | |
| Two bombs exploded in the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town in November 1974, killing 21 people and injuring 182 others. | Two bombs exploded in the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town in November 1974, killing 21 people and injuring 182 others. |
| Six men were jailed in 1975 but their convictions were quashed in 1991. | Six men were jailed in 1975 but their convictions were quashed in 1991. |
| The service, at the city's St Philips Cathedral, is paying tribute to other terrorism victims. | |
| As part of the service, Birmingham Library is being it up in red, white and blue to also remember the victims of the recent Paris terrorist attacks, the council said. | |
| Justice 4 the 21 campaign group, set up by victims' relatives, is calling for another memorial to remember the victims. | Justice 4 the 21 campaign group, set up by victims' relatives, is calling for another memorial to remember the victims. |
| There is already a monument off St Philip's Place in the city. | There is already a monument off St Philip's Place in the city. |
| But the University of Birmingham and victims' families are discussing plans for a more prominent tribute - possibly in New Street near to where one of the pubs used to be. | But the University of Birmingham and victims' families are discussing plans for a more prominent tribute - possibly in New Street near to where one of the pubs used to be. |
| The families are also lobbying the government for inquests into the 21 deaths. | The families are also lobbying the government for inquests into the 21 deaths. |
| Relatives met Home Secretary Theresa May and Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers earlier this year to make a fresh call for the hearings. | Relatives met Home Secretary Theresa May and Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers earlier this year to make a fresh call for the hearings. |
| An inquest was opened days after the bombings - at the time the worst ever terrorist attack on English soil - but it closed without hearing evidence in 1975 after the guilty verdicts. | An inquest was opened days after the bombings - at the time the worst ever terrorist attack on English soil - but it closed without hearing evidence in 1975 after the guilty verdicts. |
| After the convictions were quashed, the former Director of Public Prosecutions, Barbara Mills, placed a 75-year embargo on files relating to a Devon and Cornwall Police inquiry into the West Midlands Police investigation, meaning those files are not due to be released until 2069. | After the convictions were quashed, the former Director of Public Prosecutions, Barbara Mills, placed a 75-year embargo on files relating to a Devon and Cornwall Police inquiry into the West Midlands Police investigation, meaning those files are not due to be released until 2069. |