Ronan Kerr murder: Police arrest third man

DETECTIVES investigating the murder of Catholic police officer Ronan Kerr in Omagh have arrested a third man.

The 33-year-old was detained in the Omagh area yesterday over the booby trap bomb attack that killed the 25-year-old officer outside his home last Saturday.

Police have been given five more days to question a 26-year-old man arrested in Scotland on Wednesday and re-arrested yesterday and a 40-year-old man arrested near Omagh on Thursday.