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| Three held over soldiers' murders | Three held over soldiers' murders |
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| Three men have been arrested over the murder of two soldiers at Massereene Army barracks in Antrim last weekend. | Three men have been arrested over the murder of two soldiers at Massereene Army barracks in Antrim last weekend. |
| The men aged 41, 32 and 21, were arrested in the Lurgan and Bellaghy areas. They are currently being questioned at Antrim police station. | |
| Sappers Mark Quinsey, 23, from Birmingham and Patrick Azimkar, 21, from Wood Green, London, were shot dead at the base on 7 March. | Sappers Mark Quinsey, 23, from Birmingham and Patrick Azimkar, 21, from Wood Green, London, were shot dead at the base on 7 March. |
| Four other people, including two pizza delivery men, were injured. | Four other people, including two pizza delivery men, were injured. |
| The soldiers were attacked after coming out of the base to collect pizzas they had ordered. | The soldiers were attacked after coming out of the base to collect pizzas they had ordered. |
| As they did so, two gunmen in a car parked nearby opened fire with semi-automatic rifles. | As they did so, two gunmen in a car parked nearby opened fire with semi-automatic rifles. |
| The dissident republican group, the Real IRA, said it carried out the attack. | The dissident republican group, the Real IRA, said it carried out the attack. |
| The soldiers, from 25 Field Squadron of 38 Engineer Regiment, were murdered just hours before they were to have been deployed in Afghanistan. |