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Three held over soldiers' murders Top republican held over murders
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Three men have been arrested over the murder of two soldiers at Massereene Army barracks in Antrim last weekend. Leading republican Colin Duffy is one of three men being questioned about the murder of two soldiers at Massereene Army base 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. The 41-year-old was arrested during a police raid in Lurgan on Saturday.
Sappers Mark Quinsey, 23, from Birmingham and Patrick Azimkar, 21, from Wood Green, London, were shot dead at the base on 7 March. 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 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.
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.