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| Irish woman Danielle McLaughlin murdered in Goa | Irish woman Danielle McLaughlin murdered in Goa |
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| Police are treating the death of an Irish woman found near a beach in the southern Indian state of Goa as murder. | Police are treating the death of an Irish woman found near a beach in the southern Indian state of Goa as murder. |
| Danielle McLaughlin's body was discovered in an isolated spot close to tourist resorts in Canacona on Tuesday. | Danielle McLaughlin's body was discovered in an isolated spot close to tourist resorts in Canacona on Tuesday. |
| Ms McLaughlin, who was in her 20s and grew up in Buncrana, County Donegal, suffered injuries on her face and head. | |
| Police are treating her death as murder. A post-mortem has been ordered to establish if she was sexually assaulted. | Police are treating her death as murder. A post-mortem has been ordered to establish if she was sexually assaulted. |
| One person has been arrested and 15 questioned over the death, police said. | One person has been arrested and 15 questioned over the death, police said. |
| The woman, who had dual Irish and British citizenship and had lived in Liverpool, travelled to India using a British passport. | |
| 'Happy-go-lucky person' | |
| A priest in the town of Buncrana has described her death as an "immense loss". | |
| Fr Francis Bradley from St Mary's Church visited the McLaughlin family on Wednesday morning. | |
| "Her family are understandably distraught at what has happened," Fr Bradley told BBC Radio Foyle. | |
| "They are a family who have suffered a lot of loss over the last number of years, her mother in particular. | |
| "The loss is immense and the circumstances of that death, the distance between where it happened and where the family are, adds to the difficulty that the family feel at this time." | |
| Fr Bradley described Danielle McLaughlin as a " happy go-lucky" girl who loved to travel. | |
| "I met the young lady in question a few months ago at the time that her grandfather was gravely ill and she was very close to her grandfather, who subsequently died. | |
| "She seemed a happy go-lucky, friendly, quiet girl who loved to travel. | |
| "To find that there could be malice or something very sinister involved in the way in which someone died is particularly disturbing and has its own challenge that we as a community will have to face," he added. | |
| The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed it was following up on the suspected murder of an Irish woman in Goa, but as she was using a British passport, the local British consulate were leading in dealings with the Indian authorities. | The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed it was following up on the suspected murder of an Irish woman in Goa, but as she was using a British passport, the local British consulate were leading in dealings with the Indian authorities. |
| "The Irish Embassy is liaising closely with the British authorities and an Irish consular official is travelling from New Delhi to Goa today," said a spokesperson. | "The Irish Embassy is liaising closely with the British authorities and an Irish consular official is travelling from New Delhi to Goa today," said a spokesperson. |
| Last year, an Indian court cleared two men of raping and killing British teenager Scarlett Keeling. | |
| The 15-year-old was found dead on Goa's popular Anjuna beach in 2008, having drowned after allegedly being plied with drugs. | The 15-year-old was found dead on Goa's popular Anjuna beach in 2008, having drowned after allegedly being plied with drugs. |
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