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Kearney murder: man arrested

A 42-year-old man was being questioned last night by police investigating the murder of Kevin Kearney in north Belfast.

The 46-year-old's body was found in a lake at Alexandra Park a day after he had been shot while walking his dogs last October.

The man, who was arrested in Newtownabbey yesterday afternoon, has also been linked to an attempted murder of police officers in a gun attack on police vehicles.

In the attack on police, 10 shots from a Kalashnikov-type gun hit two PSNI cars which were towing digital signs in the Crumlin Road area on December 5.