INVESTIGATORS yesterday scoured hundreds of miles of a US highway for clues to a killer after two sniper attacks within hours of each other left one man dead, another wounded and four vehicles covered with bullet holes.

Investigators in Indiana scoured hundreds of miles of highway for clues to a killer after two sets of sniper attacks within hours of each other left one man dead and another wounded.

A man crucified by being nailed to wooden posts near Belfast was so savagely battered his father could only identify him by a tattoo, it emerged tonight.