PSNI re-open investigations into historic murders of Catholic workmen

Police have re-opened investigations into two sectarian murders in Belfast during the 1980s and 1990s.

Mon, 21 Sep, 2015 - 07:45

Police have re-opened investigations into two sectarian murders in Belfast during the 1980s and 1990s.

Detectives from the PSNI's legacy investigation branch say they have enough information to progress the cases of two Catholic workmen who were shot dead in separate incidents by loyalist paramilitaries.

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