Ulster Unionist MLA Danny Kennedy has welcomed the arrest of a suspect in connection with the Kingsmills massacre, as a potentially positive development.
Mr Kennedy, who represents Newry & Armagh, and who has worked closely with the Kingsmills relatives, said:
“The Kingsmills massacre in 1976 shocked not only Northern Ireland but much farther afield. The sectarian massacre of ten Protestant workmen by the IRA remains a stain on south Armagh.
“The families and sole survivor have waited forty years in their pursuit of maximum truth and justice for this brutal and barbaric crime.
“The news that someone has been arrested in connection with Kingsmills must be seen as a potentially positive development. We must now wait and allow the police investigation to take its course.
“It is my sincere hope that the police now have a realistic prospect of mounting a successful prosecution of some of those responsible.”