18/09/2019

Police Make Arrest Over 2004 Murder

A man has been arrested by detectives investigating the murder of Kevin McAlorum in Co Antrim over fifteen years ago.

Mr McAlorum was gunned down outside a primary school in Derriaghy on 03 June 2004.

The 55-year-old man was arrested under the Terrorism Act in Belfast by the PSNI's Major Investigation Team on Tuesday 17 September.

He was taken to Musgrave Serious Crime Suite for questioning.



(JG/CM)

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