By 
A 59-year-old man arrested by detectives from the PSNI’s Legacy Branch, investigating the murder of Constable Colleen McMurray and the attempted murder of her colleague in a mortar attack in Newry in 1992, has been released unconditionally.
The man had been arrested under the Terrorism Act at Birmingham Airport, with the assistance of Counter Terrorism Policing West Midlands on Wednesday, February 21.
McMurray, 34, originally from Beragh, was the passenger in a police car which was hit by a mortar bomb as it travelled along Merchants Quay, Newry in 1992. Nobody has ever been convicted of the murder.
Following a service at her home, WPC Murray’s body was taken to Sixmilecross Presbyterian Church where she was buried in the adjoining cemetery following a further service.
She was laid to rest beside the grave of another female colleague, Detective Constable Ivy Kelly, who also lost her life as the result of an IRA bomb on Newry Police Station.
Receive quality journalism wherever you are, on any device. Keep up to date from the comfort of your own home with a digital subscription.
Any time | Any place | Anywhere
SUBSCRIBE TO CURRENT EDITION TODAY
and get access to our archive editions dating back to 2007(CLICK ON THE TITLE BELOW TO SUBSCRIBE)