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Two guns found near murder scene | |
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Two guns have been recovered close to where a policeman was shot dead in Northern Ireland last week. | |
Constable Stephen Carroll, 48, was shot dead by the Continuity IRA last Monday. A total of seven people are being questioned about the murder. | |
Meanwhile, police investigating the Real IRA murders of two soldiers in Antrim have been given until Saturday to continue questioning three men. | |
A fourth man remains in custody in connection with the 7 March shooting. | A fourth man remains in custody in connection with the 7 March shooting. |
The scene of the soldiers' murders at Masserene Army barracks was revisited by detectives on Saturday night. | |
At the weekend, police carrying out searches in Lurgan, County Armagh, in connection with the murder investigation came under petrol bomb attack from rioters. | At the weekend, police carrying out searches in Lurgan, County Armagh, in connection with the murder investigation came under petrol bomb attack from rioters. |
Soldiers Mark Quinsey, 23, from Birmingham, and Patrick Azimkar, 21, from London, were shot dead by the Real IRA. | Soldiers Mark Quinsey, 23, from Birmingham, and Patrick Azimkar, 21, from London, were shot dead by the Real IRA. |
The murders of the two soldiers and a policeman in the space of three days sparked widespread outrage across Northern Ireland. | |
Detectives investigating the murder of Constable Carroll, who was shot while on duty in Craigavon on 9 March, arrested two more people on Monday, while police were given an extra five days to question a 21-year-old man. | |
A total of seven people are being questioned in connection with the attack. |