Police arrest two in connection with Derry bomb

Police in the North investigating the murder of a civilian workman at a Territorial Army camp in Derry today arrested two men.

Police arrest two in connection with Derry bomb

Police in the North investigating the murder of a civilian workman at a Territorial Army camp in Derry today arrested two men.

Detectives probing the murder of Protestant man David Caldwell detained the men following a search of ten homes in the city this morning.

Mr Caldwell, 51, died after he picked up a lunchbox packed with explosives in the Caw Camp on Thursday, August 1.

Today's arrests bring the total number of people detained to eight.

The previous six, five men and one woman, were released without charge.

Security sources have pointed to the involvement of the Real IRA in the attack.

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