McColgan detainees released without charge

Police in the North have released without charge the two men arrested on Saturday in connection with the murder of Catholic postman Daniel McColgan in north Belfast.

McColgan detainees released without charge

Police in the North have released without charge the two men arrested on Saturday in connection with the murder of Catholic postman Daniel McColgan in north Belfast.

A spokesperson for the Police Service of Northern Ireland said another two people were arrested in connection with the murder and are still in custody.

Mr McColgan, a 20-year-old father-of-one, was shot dead as he arrived for work at a sorting office in the staunchly loyalist Rathcoole area on Saturday morning.

The loyalist Ulster Defence Association has claimed responsibility for the killing.

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