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Politician Among 4 Held in Deadly 1972 IRA Blast

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From Times Wire Reports

Police arrested a Sinn Fein politician and three other people on suspicion of involvement in a 1972 Irish Republican Army triple car-bomb attack on a mostly Protestant village.

Six people were killed instantly when the IRA detonated the bombs without warning in Claudy on July 31, 1972. Three others died later.

Those killed included a 9-year-old girl. Five were Catholic and four were Protestant.

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