Sectarian attack schoolboy dies

A schoolboy savagely beaten in a sectarian attack in Northern Ireland died in hospital tonight.

A schoolboy savagely beaten in a sectarian attack in Northern Ireland died in hospital tonight.

Police investigating the assault on Michael McIlveen, 15, in Ballymena, Co. Antrim, confirmed that it is now a murder inquiry.

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