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Man, 23, killed outside city club | Man, 23, killed outside city club |
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Police have launched a murder inquiry after a 23-year-old man was killed in Belfast city centre. | Police have launched a murder inquiry after a 23-year-old man was killed in Belfast city centre. |
Aaron Montgomery, of Danesford in Moira, was found outside Skye nightclub at about 0130 GMT on Friday. A 19-year-old man has been arrested. | |
A clergyman who spent much of Friday with Mr Montgomery's family said they were distraught. | |
Reverend Simon Dougan said: "All the cliches apply - he was a young man with his whole life in front of him." | |
He added: "As I drove his parents back home from the city mortuary today, we turned on the 12 o'clock news and heard the report. | |
"It was as though it was happening to some other family, it was as though it wasn't their boy we'd just seen." | |
'Valued colleague' | |
Mr Montgomery worked in the marketing department of the News Letter newspaper, at its offices in Portadown. | Mr Montgomery worked in the marketing department of the News Letter newspaper, at its offices in Portadown. |
As far as I know, he was just on a normal night out with some friends and it all came to a tragic climax Darwin TempletonNews Letter editor News Letter managing director Jean Long told the paper's website: "Although Aaron had only been with us for a relatively short period of time, he was a very popular and valued colleague. | As far as I know, he was just on a normal night out with some friends and it all came to a tragic climax Darwin TempletonNews Letter editor News Letter managing director Jean Long told the paper's website: "Although Aaron had only been with us for a relatively short period of time, he was a very popular and valued colleague. |
"He will be sorely missed by us all and our sympathies are with his family at this sad time." | "He will be sorely missed by us all and our sympathies are with his family at this sad time." |
News Letter editor Darwin Templeton said: "As far as I know, he was just on a normal night out with some friends and it all came to a tragic climax. | News Letter editor Darwin Templeton said: "As far as I know, he was just on a normal night out with some friends and it all came to a tragic climax. |
"It is just the enormity and the sadness of the situation where we have a very esteemed friend and colleague who is there working with you side by side one day and the next day he is gone." | "It is just the enormity and the sadness of the situation where we have a very esteemed friend and colleague who is there working with you side by side one day and the next day he is gone." |
Detectives have appealed for anyone with information to contact them. |