PSNI make 14 arrests for alleged terror offences at Michael Barr’s funeral
The 35-year-old, originally from Co Tyrone, was gunned down in the Sunset House pub in Dublin last month
Police have made 14 arrests at the funeral of murdered dissident republican Michael Barr.
The 35-year-old, originally from Co Tyrone, was gunned down in the Sunset House pub in Dublin last month.
The victim, who was linked to the New IRA, was blasted several times including once in the head.
His funeral is taking place in his native Strabane today. Several men were pictured in paramilitary clothing leading the procession.
A PSNI spokesman said: “As a result of the policing operation at the funeral of Michael Barr in Strabane earlier today, 14 males have been arrested under the Terrorism Act.”
Barr was suspected of supplying weapons used in shootings at the Regency Hotel in Dublin in February, which left one man dead and sparked a bloody feud between the Hutch and Kinahan drug gangs on the streets of Dublin.
Since that initial bloody incident, six people have been killed as tensions escalated.
