26/04/2019

Two Arrested In Jim Donegan Murder Probe

Police investigating the murder of Jim Donegan have arrested two men.

The 43-year-old was shot dead as he sat in his car waiting to collect his son from school on the Glen Road in west Belfast on 04 December 2018.

The detained men, aged 53 and 39, were arrested under the Terrorism Act this morning, Friday 26 April.

They both remain in custody at this time.



(JG)

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