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| Cookstown hotel disco crush: Two men arrested | Cookstown hotel disco crush: Two men arrested |
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| Police investigating the deaths of three teenagers outside a disco in County Tyrone have arrested two men on suspicion of manslaughter. | Police investigating the deaths of three teenagers outside a disco in County Tyrone have arrested two men on suspicion of manslaughter. |
| Lauren Bullock, 17, Morgan Barnard, 17, and 16-year-old Connor Currie, died after a crush outside the Greenvale Hotel, Cookstown, on Sunday. | Lauren Bullock, 17, Morgan Barnard, 17, and 16-year-old Connor Currie, died after a crush outside the Greenvale Hotel, Cookstown, on Sunday. |
| The men, aged 40 and 52, were detained earlier on Tuesday and have been taken to Dungannon for questioning. | The men, aged 40 and 52, were detained earlier on Tuesday and have been taken to Dungannon for questioning. |
| The examination of CCTV footage by police is ongoing. | |
| The police said a large group of young people had been waiting to get into the disco at about 21:30 GMT. | |
| Police have already spoken to a number of young people who were in the queue for the event; they plan to speak to others in the coming days. | |
| Police have asked people who were at the event and who have video and photographs not to publish them online but to upload them to the Major Incident Public Portal. |