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06/06/2006
Two arrested in connection with 1994 murders
Two people have today been arrested in connection with the murder of six men in County Down in 1994.
The man and the woman were arrested in the greater Belfast area this morning and are currently being held for questioning at the serious crime suite in Antrim.
The arrests are connected with the Loughinisland massacre, when six Catholic men were gunned down by loyalist paramilitaries as they watched a football match in the Heights Bar, Loughinisland, on June 18 1994.
The UVF was blamed for the attack.
(EF/GB)
The man and the woman were arrested in the greater Belfast area this morning and are currently being held for questioning at the serious crime suite in Antrim.
The arrests are connected with the Loughinisland massacre, when six Catholic men were gunned down by loyalist paramilitaries as they watched a football match in the Heights Bar, Loughinisland, on June 18 1994.
The UVF was blamed for the attack.
(EF/GB)
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