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Post mortem examinations are continuing on a family of seven killed in a house fire in Omagh, County Tyrone. | |
Arthur McElhill, Lorraine McGovern and their five children died in the blaze. It is understood Mr McElhill is being regarded as a suspect. | |
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said the authorities will have to learn lessons from the tragedy. | |
Interviewed for the BBC's Inside Politics, he said a wider inquiry must be held after the murder investigation. | |
St Conor's Primary School in Omagh reopened on Friday, four days after the house fire which claimed the lives of the family of seven. | St Conor's Primary School in Omagh reopened on Friday, four days after the house fire which claimed the lives of the family of seven. |
Two of the children, Sean,7, and Bellina, 4, were pupils at the school which is close to their home. | Two of the children, Sean,7, and Bellina, 4, were pupils at the school which is close to their home. |
A prayer vigil was held as the seven bodies were removed from the fire-gutted house on Thursday. | A prayer vigil was held as the seven bodies were removed from the fire-gutted house on Thursday. |
The eldest of the five children, Caroline, 13, attended the nearby Sacred Heart College. | The eldest of the five children, Caroline, 13, attended the nearby Sacred Heart College. |
The two youngest were Clodagh, 19 months, and James, who was nine months old. | The two youngest were Clodagh, 19 months, and James, who was nine months old. |
All seven deaths are being treated by the police as murder. They said petrol had been scattered around the house and it had been set alight. | All seven deaths are being treated by the police as murder. They said petrol had been scattered around the house and it had been set alight. |