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Man (48) released following Strabane cemetery gunshots

A 48-year-old man arrested over shots fired into the air in a cemetery has been released

A 48-YEAR-OLD man, arrested over video footage showing a masked gunman firing shots into the air in a cemetery, has been released.

The man was arrested in Strabane, Co Tyrone, on Thursday.

He was released yesterday following questioning at the Serious Crime Suite at Musgrave Police Station in Belfast.

The video footage - which showed a masked gunman firing shots into the air in a cemetery, where a number of people looked on - is believed to have been filmed in Strabane last month.

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