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Wednesday, 11 July, 2001, 10:17 GMT 11:17 UK
Police revisit murder scene
The man was shot at Greystone Roundabout in Antrim
Mr Cummings was shot in Antrim
The police in Northern Ireland have revisited the scene of the murder of Ciaran Cummings at the Greystone roundabout in Antrim.

On Wednesday, they stopped motorists and pedestrians to try to get further information about the shooting which happened a week ago.

The Catholic 19-year-old was shot dead as he waited for a lift to work at a roundabout in Antrim on Wednesday morning.

The police have said their main line of inquiry is that he was shot by loyalist paramilitaries.

Murder victim Ciaran Cummings
Police believe Ciaran Cummings was shot by loyalists

A dissident loyalist group, the Red Hand Defenders, which has been used as a cover name by other loyalist groups including the UFF and LVF, has said it carried out the murder.

At his funeral on Saturday, Bishop of Down and Connor Patrick Walsh said that while Mr Cummings' name would probably be forgotten in the coming weeks, his memory would live on among those who knew him.

Requiem Mass at St Joseph's Church was held just yards from where Mr Cummings was shot dead.

The funeral cortege paused briefly at the roundabout where flowers, cards and football scarves, flags and jerseys of his favourite team, Glasgow Celtic, had been placed in his memory.

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