NI policeman murder hunt arrest

Written By Unknown on Selasa, 27 November 2012 | 15.36

27 November 2012 Last updated at 02:45 ET

Detectives investigating the murder of Northern Ireland police officer, Ronan Kerr, are continuing to question a 22-year-old man.

The man, from Omagh in County Tyrone, was arrested in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, on Monday evening.

Constable Kerr, 25, died when a booby-trap bomb exploded under his car in Omagh on 2 April 2011.

Dissident republican paramilitaries have been blamed for the killing of the newly-recruited Catholic constable.

Officers from the three police forces have been involved in the operation. In Cumbria, searches are being carried out in the Penrith area.

The arrest was made by officers from the North West Counter Terrorism Unit at the request of PSNI Serious Crime Branch detectives.

The suspect has been taken to a police station in England for questioning.

Police said a number of searches carried out in Omagh and Cumbria earlier on Monday had been completed.

A number of items have been seized for examination - including a lorry, which was stopped in Milton Keynes.

Mr Kerr, who was a Catholic and an active member of the GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association), was seen by many as a symbol of Northern Ireland's new police service.

The officer joined the PSNI in May 2010.

A republican splinter group claiming it was made up of former members of the Provisional IRA later claimed responsibility for his murder.

He was the second police officer to have been murdered since the Royal Ulster Constabulary became the PSNI in 2001.


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