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Top republican held over murders | |
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Leading republican Colin Duffy is one of three men being questioned about the murder of two soldiers at Massereene Army base last weekend. | |
The 41-year-old was arrested during a police raid in Lurgan on Saturday. | |
Detectives investigating the soldiers' murders also carried out an operation in Bellaghy in County Londonderry. | |
Sappers Mark Quinsey and Patrick Azimkar were shot outside the army base in Antrim last Saturday night. The Real IRA said it carried out the attack. | |
The other men arrested over the murders are aged 32 and 21. | |
Colin Duffy is a former IRA member who has been critical of Sinn Fein's support for the police service. | |
Sappers Quinsey, 23, from Birmingham and Azimkar, 21, from Wood Green, London, were attacked after coming out of the base to collect pizzas they had ordered. | |
Two gunmen in a car parked nearby opened fire with semi-automatic rifles. | |
Four other people, including two pizza delivery men, were injured. | Four other people, including two pizza delivery men, were injured. |
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. | The soldiers, from 25 Field Squadron of 38 Engineer Regiment, were murdered just hours before they were to have been deployed in Afghanistan. |