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Ulteriore arresto per omicidio McDaid

Further arrest over McDaid murder

A 41-year-old man has been arrested by detectives investigating the murder of Coleraine man Kevin McDaid.

Omicidio Kevin McDaid | McDaid murderMr McDaid, who was 49 and a father of four, died after being beaten by a loyalist mob outside his home in Somerset Drive last month.

Nine men have been charged in connection with the killing and the attempted murder of his friend, Damien Fleming.

Mr Fleming is still critically ill in hospital.

Earlier, Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said there had been a failure of leadership by politicians in Coleraine following the murder.

The Sinn Fein MP said DUP MP Gregory Campbell needed to do more to help end sectarianism in the town.

“Condemning the violence and the murder of Mr McDaid is not enough,” he said.

Mr McGuinness said the relationship between Protestants and Catholics in Coleraine could be improved.

Mr McGuinness said Mr Campbell’s refusal to speak to him at various events in Derry despite knowing each other for 20 years was symptomatic of a wider problem in society.

“The difficulty is that if that sort of behaviour is translated to grassroots level then I can quite see clearly see where the problems are coming from,” he said.

DUP politicians condemned the murder of Kevin McDaid and First Minister Peter Robinson visited the McDaid family to offer his condolences.

Speaking after the murder Mr Campbell said the perpetrators should be brought to justice and everyone in the community should support the police.

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Di professione grafico e web designer, sono appassionato di trekking e innamorato dell'Irlanda e della sua storia. Insieme ad Andrea Varacalli ho creato e gestisco Les Enfants Terribles.

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