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A search is continuing for the killers of two men in north and west Belfast. | A search is continuing for the killers of two men in north and west Belfast. |
Detectives are treating the murders as two separate inquiries. The names of the men have not yet been released. | |
Police in west Belfast said the man found early on Monday in a car park off the Falls Road near St Gall's GAA club had been shot. | Police in west Belfast said the man found early on Monday in a car park off the Falls Road near St Gall's GAA club had been shot. |
The other man's body was discovered in the north of the city, near Elmfield Street, Ardoyne, at about 0800 GMT on Monday. He had suffered head injuries. | The other man's body was discovered in the north of the city, near Elmfield Street, Ardoyne, at about 0800 GMT on Monday. He had suffered head injuries. |
Detective Superintendent George Clarke said police were at the very early stages in both inquiries. | |
"We have two victims found in different parts of the city at different times - we cannot say if they are linked," he said. | "We have two victims found in different parts of the city at different times - we cannot say if they are linked," he said. |
"Speculation about a possible link or motives may be unhelpful to these investigations, and I am sure we can all agree that it is in all our interests to make sure the killers are caught." | "Speculation about a possible link or motives may be unhelpful to these investigations, and I am sure we can all agree that it is in all our interests to make sure the killers are caught." |
Officers are interviewing another man in connection with the west Belfast murder. | Officers are interviewing another man in connection with the west Belfast murder. |
He was admitted to the Royal Victoria Hospital with a gunshot wound to his upper body at 0300 GMT on Monday. | He was admitted to the Royal Victoria Hospital with a gunshot wound to his upper body at 0300 GMT on Monday. |
He said that he had been shot in the Bog Meadows area and it was when police went to the area they found the body. |