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La PSNI sta percorrendo la pista dissidente repubblicana nelle indagini sul duplice omicidio avvenuto nella serata di ieri a Craigavon

Il rinvenimento di 2 cadaveri di un uomo e una donna in una casa a Legahory, Craigavon (Co. Armagh) ha creato scompiglio all’interno della comunità locale. A ritrovare i corpi, il figlio delle vittime.
In un primo momento si era pensato ad un omicidio legato allo spaccio di droga, ma appurata le modalità dell’esecuzione, la polizia ha deciso di allargare l’orizzonte delle indagini valutando la possibile matrice repubblicana, della corrente Real IRA.
Hugh McGeough e Jacqueline McCartney sono stati freddati a bruciapelo da 2 colpi di pistola alla nuca.
In passato l’uomo era già stato ‘costretto al trasferimento’, dietro pressioni del Provisional IRA.
“E’ mia convinzione che siano stati assassinate a circa 11:00 ieri mattina a casa loro”, ha dichiarato l’Ispettore Capo Harkness.
“Ho ragione di credere che conoscessero la persona o le persone che li hanno uccisi, anche se al momento dobbiamo ancora dare un seguito a questa ipotesi, che sarà confermata attraverso varie linee di indagine.”
McGeough non era comunque un volto nuovo per le autorità.
Scontò una condanna in carcere in connessione con l’uccisione del 19enne, Peter McNally, assassinato a Craigavon nel 2001.

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Northern Irish police investigate republican link to double murder (Guardian)
Detectives in Northern Ireland are investigating a republican dissident link to the murder of a couple in Co Armagh.
The man and woman were found dead at their home on the Legahory housing estate in Craigavon , the Police Service of Northern Ireland said. The pair both had gunshot wounds to the head and had been discovered by their son, the police spokesman said.
It is understood the male victim had been known to police for some time over criminal activities and in the past had been forcibly expelled from another part of Co.Armagh by the Provisional IRA several years ago.
The Craigavon/North Armagh area is known to be a stronghold of the Continuity IRA – one of three republican organisations opposed to the power sharing settlement. All three republican dissident movements have been involved in a wave of so called “punishment attacks” on politically uninvolved criminals within nationalist communities as a means of building popular support.
Local SDLP councillor for the area Michael McGoldrick condemned those responsible for the double-murder. He said: “The discovery of two dead bodies in a house in Legahory in Craigavon has stunned everyone in the local community.
“News that the police are treating the deaths as murder will compound the sense of shock and disbelief felt by residents in the area.
“My immediate thoughts and prayers are with the friends and family of the man and women who have lost their lives.
“I would appeal to anyone with any information to contact the PSNI immediately.”

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