22/10/2015

Coalisland Murder: Man Arrested

A 34-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of Gediminas Stauskas.

The body of Gediminas Stauskas, 32, was discovered in the Moor Road area in Coalisland at around 1pm last Thursday.

Mr Stauskas was a Lithuanian national with connections in the Dungannon area.

Detective Chief Inspector Lee McNevison said: "The suspect had been arrested last Tuesday night in Portadown as part of a separate investigation into two shootings in Newry last month.

"He will now be interviewed at Musgrave police station about the murder of Mr Stauskas whose body was found in a garage at Moor Road in Coalisland on 15 October."

(CD/MH)

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