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Man arrested over six bar murders

O'Toole's bar
Six men were shot dead in the bar

Detectives investigating the murder of six people in a bar in Loughinisland, County Down, 14 years ago have arrested a man in Kent.

The arrest in Maidstone was carried out with assistance from officers from Kent police.

The 45-year-old man is currently being questioned at Antrim PSNI station.

The victims, aged from 34 to 87, were watching a World Cup football match on 18 June 1994, when a UVF gang burst into O'Toole's bar, and opened fire.

The victims were Adrian Rogan, 34, 39-year-old Eamon Byrne, Patsy O'Hare, 35, Dan McCreanor, 59, Barney Green, 87, and Malcolm Jenkinson, 54.





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