POLICE have arrested two men in connection with a dissident republican show-of-strength at the funeral of the mother of 1981 INLA hunger-striker Patsy O’Hara.
Dissidents staged a massive show-of-strength at Peggy O’Hara’s funeral in July with a huge colour party accompanying her funeral procession to Derry City Cemetery.
Unionist politicians had earlier criticised a colour party which fired a volley of shots over Mrs O’Hara’s coffin before the funeral.
A police spokesman confirmed two men, one aged 53 and the other aged 34, were arrested in Strabane yesterday morning. He said they were being questioned about a “series of offences” connected to the wake and funeral.
“They have been taken into custody at Musgrave Police Station in Belfast for questioning. Detectives are also carrying out a number of searches in Strabane today.”
Sources in Strabane have also revealed police are searching for a third man in the Co Tyrone town. It is understood two homes have been searched.