18/10/2007

Three In Custody After Galway Murder

Three people, two men and a woman have been arrested by police investigating the murder of a 17-year-old Swiss student in County Galway.

The body of Manuela Riedo, who arrived recently in Galway to take up an English studies course, was found on waste ground close to the railway line at Lough Atalia on Tuesday of last week. She had been strangled.

Gardai said the three, who are believed to be from Galway, were arrested as part of a planned operation.

(BMcC)

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