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| Murders 'not linked to football' | |
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| Police investigating three murders on Sunday have said they were not linked to vital end of season football matches involving the Old Firm. | |
| The first victim, a 17-year-old, died after an incident in Drakemire Drive, Castlemilk, Glasgow, at about 0300 BST. | |
| Later Robert Currie, 20, died following a disturbance in Dumbarton at about 1455 BST and Kieran Crawford, 22, died after an incident in north Glasgow. | |
| A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of Mr Currie. | |
| Football matches | |
| He is due to appear in Dumbarton Sheriff Court on Tuesday. | |
| Strathclyde Police are treating all three cases as murder but have not linked them to Sunday's football matches which could have seen Celtic or Rangers become league champions. | |
| Rangers won the SPL title after beating Dundee Utd away 3-0, while Celtic could only draw with Hearts at home. | |
| Det Supt Michael Orr said: "None of these incidents, as far as we know, are linked to the football yesterday or in fact to each other." | |
| He said the force was also investigating a number of assaults, serious assaults and two attempted murders. | |
| A man is expected to appear in court on Tuesday over the murder of Mr Currie, from Dumbarton, who died in hospital after being found seriously injured in Auchenreoch Avenue. | |
| We have three incident rooms running from three offices in the force and a high number of officers engaged in the investigations Det supt Orr | |
| The 17-year-old boy who was killed in the Castlemilk has not yet been named. | |
| The teenager received fatal wounds at a house in Drakemire Drive. | |
| Police are also investigating the death of 22-year-old Kieran Crawford in the Germiston area of north east Glasgow. | Police are also investigating the death of 22-year-old Kieran Crawford in the Germiston area of north east Glasgow. |
| He suffered serious injuries in a disturbance involving about 15 people in Forge Street, at about 1715 BST. | |
| He was pronounced dead on arrival at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. | He was pronounced dead on arrival at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. |
| A 28-year-old man was also injured and taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary for treatment. His condition was described as serious but stable. | A 28-year-old man was also injured and taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary for treatment. His condition was described as serious but stable. |
| Det Supt Orr told BBC Scotland that having three murders in the space of 24 hours was "absolutely tragic". | |
| He said: "We have three incident rooms running from three offices in the force and a high number of officers engaged in the investigations." | He said: "We have three incident rooms running from three offices in the force and a high number of officers engaged in the investigations." |