Published Date:
30 June 2008
A man has been arrested by detectives investigating the murder of six people in a bar in Loughinisland 14 years ago.
The 45-year-old was arrested in Maidstone.
PSNI officers from the serious crime branch with assistance from Kent police made the arrest yesterday afternoon (Monday].
The 45-year-old man is currently being questioned at Antrim PSNI station.
The 1994 mass murder in The Heights bar in Loughinisland was the UVF's last major atrocity.
The gun attack on the Loughinisland pub came just month's before the first IRA and loyalist ceasefires and was part of an intense sequence of tit-for-tat attacks.
On the evening of June 18, locals from the small village of Loughinisland near Downpatrick were watching the Republic of Ireland play Italy in the World Cup.
The victims were Adrian Rogan, 34, 39-year-old Eamon Byrne, Patsy O'Hare, 35, Dan McCreanor, 59, Barney Green, 87, and Malcolm Jenkinson, 54.
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Last Updated:
30 June 2008 11:22 PM
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Source:
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Location:
Belfast
