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Portadown murder - three men questioned | |
(about 21 hours later) | |
Three men are being questioned about the murder of a 21-year-old man in Portadown on Sunday. | |
Marc Williamson, from the Richhill area, was stabbed in Hartfield Avenue just after 04:00 BST on Sunday morning. | |
Three men, aged 28, 26 and 24 have been arrested and are assisting police with their inquiries. | Three men, aged 28, 26 and 24 have been arrested and are assisting police with their inquiries. |
Sinn Fein MLA, John O'Dowd said he was "shocked and stunned" to hear of the fatality in the town. | Sinn Fein MLA, John O'Dowd said he was "shocked and stunned" to hear of the fatality in the town. |
"The previous night we had two young men very seriously injured in a knife attack and it just shows the consequences of people using knives in this manner," he said. | "The previous night we had two young men very seriously injured in a knife attack and it just shows the consequences of people using knives in this manner," he said. |
"The consequences are fatal and are devastating, not only to the victims, but there are going to be people serving very long jail sentences as a result of these knife crimes." | "The consequences are fatal and are devastating, not only to the victims, but there are going to be people serving very long jail sentences as a result of these knife crimes." |