Man arrested in probe into IRA gun spree

The PSNI have arrested a man in relation to a 1987 IRA double murder.
By The Newsroom
Published 30th Mar 2016, 13:09 BST
Updated 30th Mar 2016, 13:21 BST
PACEMAKER BELFAST AUGUST 1987 COLLECT D/CONSTABLE MICHAEL PHILIP MALONE (LEFT) AND D/CONSTABLE ERNEST STANLEY CARSON WHO WERE SHOT DEAD IN THE LIVERPOOL BAR IN BELFAST. 933/87/BWPACEMAKER BELFAST AUGUST 1987 COLLECT D/CONSTABLE MICHAEL PHILIP MALONE (LEFT) AND D/CONSTABLE ERNEST STANLEY CARSON WHO WERE SHOT DEAD IN THE LIVERPOOL BAR IN BELFAST. 933/87/BW
PACEMAKER BELFAST AUGUST 1987 COLLECT D/CONSTABLE MICHAEL PHILIP MALONE (LEFT) AND D/CONSTABLE ERNEST STANLEY CARSON WHO WERE SHOT DEAD IN THE LIVERPOOL BAR IN BELFAST. 933/87/BW

Detective Constables Michael Malone, 35, and Ernest Carson, 50, were killed in a gun attack at the Liverpool Bar in Donegall Quay, near the River Lagan in Belfast, on August 26, 1987.

A civilian and another officer were wounded.

The PSNI said on Wednesday: “A 54-year-old man has been arrested in Belfast as part of enquiries into the murders of two police officers in the city 29 years ago.”

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PACEMAKER BELFAST AUGUST 1987 PF SCENE OF THE SHOOTING IN LIVERPOOL BAR IN THE DOCK AREA OF BELFAST WHERE TWO PLAIN CLOTHES POLICEMEN DIED AT THE HANDS OF GUNMEN. 945/87/BWPACEMAKER BELFAST AUGUST 1987 PF SCENE OF THE SHOOTING IN LIVERPOOL BAR IN THE DOCK AREA OF BELFAST WHERE TWO PLAIN CLOTHES POLICEMEN DIED AT THE HANDS OF GUNMEN. 945/87/BW
PACEMAKER BELFAST AUGUST 1987 PF SCENE OF THE SHOOTING IN LIVERPOOL BAR IN THE DOCK AREA OF BELFAST WHERE TWO PLAIN CLOTHES POLICEMEN DIED AT THE HANDS OF GUNMEN. 945/87/BW

Detective Inspector Stuart Griffin from Serious Crime Branch said: “The suspect is being questioned at a police station in Belfast.

“Although these murders happened a long time ago, police would continue to appeal to anyone with information about the shooting and those involved to come forward.”

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