Two more held over PSNI officer's murder

Police investigating the murder of a policeman in the North a week ago arrested two more suspects today.

The men, aged 31 and 27, were detained in Craigavon, Co Armagh, this morning, said the PSNI.

Five people are already being questioned about the murder of Pc Stephen Carroll, 48, who was shot while answering a call from a distressed women who had a window in her home broken.

The murder, the first of a police officer in the North in more than decade, was claimed by the Continuity IRA.

Another four people are being questioned about the murders of two soldiers outside the Massereene Army base in Antrim two days before the policeman’s murder.