Two arrested over massacre of six Catholic men

THE arrest of a man and woman over the murders of six Catholic men, shot dead as they watched the World Cup in 1994, may be linked to an ongoing Police Ombudsman investigation into Special Branch collusion with loyalists.

The man, aged 45, and woman, aged 38, were questioned yesterday about the Ulster Volunteer Force massacre which took place in June 1994 at an isolated bar in Loughinisland, Co Down.

UVF gunmen armed with an AK-47 and Czech-made rifle sprayed the mainly Catholic Heights Bar as customers watched Ireland beat Italy in the World Cup.