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A wave of shock has swept through Downpatrick, Co Down, after a violent attack on a local priest and the death of a man over the weekend. The two incidents, which police believe may be linked, have left parishioners and residents deeply unsettled. Attack at St Patrick’s Church On Sunday morning, Canon John Murray, a long-serving priest who was due …

Police in Downpatrick have opened a murder investigation following the discovery of a man’s body in a residential property in the County Down town. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) confirmed that a man in his 30s has been arrested and is currently in custody assisting detectives from the Major Investigation Team. Discovery at Marian Park and Arrest The …