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A 25-year-old man has been arrested by detectives investigating the murder of a former IRA commander in Belfast.A 25-year-old man has been arrested by detectives investigating the murder of a former IRA commander in Belfast.
Gerard “Jock” Davison, 47, was shot dead in the republican Markets area in May. The involvement of Provisional IRA members in a subsequent killing, believed to be in revenge for Davison’s murder, has sparked a major political crisis at Stormont and thrown the future of power-sharing into serious doubt.Gerard “Jock” Davison, 47, was shot dead in the republican Markets area in May. The involvement of Provisional IRA members in a subsequent killing, believed to be in revenge for Davison’s murder, has sparked a major political crisis at Stormont and thrown the future of power-sharing into serious doubt.
Kevin McGuigan, an ex-IRA commander with nine children, was gunned down in the Short Strand area of Belfast in mid-August. McGuigan, 53, was suspected by some in the republican movement of involvement in the Davison killing. The two former IRA men had been engaged in a bitter personal feud dating back years.Kevin McGuigan, an ex-IRA commander with nine children, was gunned down in the Short Strand area of Belfast in mid-August. McGuigan, 53, was suspected by some in the republican movement of involvement in the Davison killing. The two former IRA men had been engaged in a bitter personal feud dating back years.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said the suspect had been arrested in connection with the overall investigation into Davison’s murder. He has been taken to the PSNI’s serious crime suite in Antrim for questioning. The Police Service of Northern Ireland said the suspect had been arrested in connection with the overall investigation into Davison’s murder. He has been taken to the PSNI’s serious crime suite in Antrim for questioning.
A PSNI assessment that not only were PIRA members involved in the McGuigan murder but structures of the supposedly defunct organisation still exist is threatening to engulf the power-sharing government in Belfast. A PSNI assessment that not only were PIRA members involved in the McGuigan murder but structures of the supposedly defunct organisation still exist, is threatening to engulf the power-sharing government in Belfast.
The Ulster Unionist party are set to resign from the Stormont executive next week, claiming the revelations have shattered trust in Sinn Féin.The Ulster Unionist party are set to resign from the Stormont executive next week, claiming the revelations have shattered trust in Sinn Féin.
The Democratic Unionists have said the assessment by PSNI chief constable George Hamilton is of sufficient strength to force the exclusion of Sinn Féin from the coalition.The Democratic Unionists have said the assessment by PSNI chief constable George Hamilton is of sufficient strength to force the exclusion of Sinn Féin from the coalition.
The DUP has threatened to pull the plug on the executive if action is not taken against Sinn Féin.The DUP has threatened to pull the plug on the executive if action is not taken against Sinn Féin.