Suspect held in connection with Ronan Kerr murder

Police investigating the murder of Pc Ronan Kerr have arrested a man in Scotland.

Pc Kerr, 25, was killed when a booby-trap bomb exploded under his car in Omagh, Co Tyrone, on Saturday.

News of the police breakthrough emerged after nationalist leaders joined police in a symbolic show of unity at the Catholic police officer’s funeral in the village of Beragh, County Tyrone.

The murder has been blamed on dissident republicans opposed to the peace process

Strathclyde Police said the suspect was detained in Renton, Dunbartonshire.

Officers have also seized a major arms haul in east Tyrone described as the "most significant in recent years".