20/08/2003

Fourth person arrested in McGurk murder

A fourth person has been arrested by police investigating the murder of Danny McGurk at the weekend.

Three men and a woman are now being questioned by police after the father-of-six was shot dead outside his Ross Road home in the lower Falls area of west Belfast on Sunday.

The arrests on Tuesday followed a number of searches conducted in south and west Belfast.

Dissident republicans are thought to have been behind the attack, however police said they were continuing to keep an open mind on the murder.

(MB)

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