Two arrests in connection with suspected dissident republican murder

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Murder scene - Cliftonville Road.

Q Radio News/PA

Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder of Danny McClean in north Belfast.

Detectives investigating the murder of the 54-year-old said they arrested two men aged 46 and 39.

Both men have been taken to Musgrave PSNI station for questioning.

Mr McLean, a man who was described as known to police, was shot a number of times on the Cliftonville Road on Tuesday evening as he sat in a red Audi Q2.

Dissident republicans are among lines of inquiry being considered by detectives.

A police cordon after the killing in north Belfast.

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