Peter McCormack: Two arrests over Kilcoo pub murder

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Image caption, Peter McCormack was shot dead by loyalists at a pub in Kilcoo in 1992

Two people have been arrested by police investigating the murder of a man in a County Down bar more than 30 years ago.

Peter McCormack, who was 42, was shot dead when two gunmen burst into the Thierafurth Inn in Kilcoo on 19 November 1992.

Three other customers, including a 69-year-old man who was registered blind, were also injured in the attack.

A 63-year-old man and a 58-year-old woman were arrested in south County Down on Tuesday morning.

They are being questioned at a police station in Belfast.

The 1992 attack is believed to have been carried out by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF).

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Image caption, Three other people were injured in the gun attack happened in the Thierafurth Inn

Issuing a fresh appeal for information on the 31st anniversary of the murder last year, police said Mr McCormack was "an innocent victim of a sickening sectarian attack".

The bar was full of customers who were about to take part in a charity darts match when the gun attack happened.

Police believe the gunmen made their escape in a grey Ford Orion car, which was found abandoned a few miles away from the bar in Tollymore Forest Park.

The car had been stolen from an address in east Belfast earlier in the day.