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20/10/2015
Kevin McGuigan Murder: Man Arrested
A 47-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of Kevin McGuigan in August.
Mr McGuigan, a former IRA prisoner, was shot dead outside his home in the Short Strand area of east Belfast on 12 August.
The man is being detained at Musgrave Street police station in Belfast.
His death sparked a political crisis in Northern Ireland and police said they believed the Provisional IRA was involved in the murder.
It is thought McGuigan was killed in retaliation for the shooting of former IRA leader Gerard 'Jock' Davison three months earlier.
(CD/JP)
Mr McGuigan, a former IRA prisoner, was shot dead outside his home in the Short Strand area of east Belfast on 12 August.
The man is being detained at Musgrave Street police station in Belfast.
His death sparked a political crisis in Northern Ireland and police said they believed the Provisional IRA was involved in the murder.
It is thought McGuigan was killed in retaliation for the shooting of former IRA leader Gerard 'Jock' Davison three months earlier.
(CD/JP)
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