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Kevin Kearney murder: Man released by police | |
(about 13 hours later) | |
Police have released a 33-year-old man who was arrested in connection with the murder of a man shot dead by dissident republicans in north Belfast. | |
The body of 46-year-old Kevin Kearney was found in a lake in Alexandra Park, off Antrim Road, on 9 October. | The body of 46-year-old Kevin Kearney was found in a lake in Alexandra Park, off Antrim Road, on 9 October. |
The father-of-four, from Dunmore Road in north Belfast, had gone missing the previous day while walking his dog. | The father-of-four, from Dunmore Road in north Belfast, had gone missing the previous day while walking his dog. |
A man was arrested in north Belfast on Monday morning but he was later released unconditionally. | |
Mr Kearney went missing on 8 October, shortly after he left his daughter off at school, returned home and took his dogs for a walk in Alexandra Park. | Mr Kearney went missing on 8 October, shortly after he left his daughter off at school, returned home and took his dogs for a walk in Alexandra Park. |
Shortly after the killing, the Irish News reported that it received a statement from a dissident republican group calling itself "the IRA" that claimed it had killed Mr Kearney. | Shortly after the killing, the Irish News reported that it received a statement from a dissident republican group calling itself "the IRA" that claimed it had killed Mr Kearney. |
In July 2012, a new paramilitary group styling itself "the IRA" is believed to have been formed from an amalgamation of previously disparate dissident republican organisations. | In July 2012, a new paramilitary group styling itself "the IRA" is believed to have been formed from an amalgamation of previously disparate dissident republican organisations. |
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