Article: Man is arrested 13 years after waiter's murder; Police apprehend suspect following cold-case review of Orkney mystery.

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Daily Mail (London)
Article date:
May 23, 2007
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Byline: ALISTAIR MUNRO

A MAN has been arrested in connection with the baffling murder of a waiter on a Scottish island 13 years ago.

The 28-year-old, a serving soldier, was apprehended after police carried out a cold case review of the 1994 shooting of Shamsudden Mahmood in Orkney Mr Mahmood became the island's first murder victim in 25 years when the balaclava- clad killer walked into the restaurant where he worked and opened fire with a gun.

Last night a spokesman for Northern Constabulary said: 'A person has been apprehended on warrant in relation to the murder of Shamsudden Mahmood in Kirkwall in 1994.

'Proceedings are now live under the Contempt of Court ...

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