Lithuanian quizzed in connection with murders

A Lithuanian suspected of murdering two of his countrymen in Northern Ireland was today being questioned by police.

The man was arrested in Lancashire, UK, and taken back to Northern Ireland in connection with the deaths in May.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland and Scotland Yard are working together in the search for a second suspect whom they believe to be in London.

A PSNI spokesman said they were seeking 21-year-old Vitalijus Sedovas, believed to be staying with fellow Lithuanian Renaldas Bulatovis, 21, somewhere in the capital.

The bodies of two men were found lying in long grass near a golf course in Warrenpoint, Co Down, in May.

They are believed to have been murdered at a house in nearby Newry where a number of Lithuanian immigrants had been living while illegally working on mushroom farms in the area.

The PSNI said officers led by Detective Superintendent Philip Aiken arrested a 19-year-old in Lancashire on suspicion of murder and returned him to Northern Ireland on Tuesday.

A Lithuanian woman was also arrested on suspicion of assisting offenders but has since been released without charge.