21 people were killed and 182 were injured ina series of bomb attacksin 1974, thought to be carried out by theProvisional IRA. The bombings were the worst terror attacks in England up until the2005 London bombings[88]and consisted of bombs being planted in twopubsin central Birmingham.Six men were convicted, who became known later as the Birmingham Six and sentenced to life imprisonment, who were acquitted after 16 years by theCourt of Appeal.[89]The convictions are now considered one of the worst British miscarriages of justice in recent times. The true perpetrators of the attacks are yet to be arrested.[90][91][92]