09/04/2019
Man Arrested On Suspicion Of Jim Donegan's Murder
A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering Jim Donegan outside a school in Belfast.
The man was detained on the Springfield Road area of west Belfast today, Tuesday 09 April.
He is currently in custody at Musgrave Serious Crime Suite for questioning and is also suspected of membership of a proscribed organisation.
Mr Donegan was shot multiple times by a lone gunman on Tuesday 04 December as he waited to collect his 13-year-old son from school.
The boy missed his father's murder by seconds, while hundreds of other schoolchildren and parents witnessed the brutal shooting.
(JG/CM)
The man was detained on the Springfield Road area of west Belfast today, Tuesday 09 April.
He is currently in custody at Musgrave Serious Crime Suite for questioning and is also suspected of membership of a proscribed organisation.
Mr Donegan was shot multiple times by a lone gunman on Tuesday 04 December as he waited to collect his 13-year-old son from school.
The boy missed his father's murder by seconds, while hundreds of other schoolchildren and parents witnessed the brutal shooting.
(JG/CM)
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