Youth (15) beaten in sectarian attack dies

The 15-year-old youth beaten in a vicious sectarian attack in Co Antrim at the weekend died in hospital last night. Michael McIlveen died at Antrim Area Hospital at 8pm, the PSNI said late last night. Two men were arrested on Sunday morning and two more men were taken in for questioning yesterday. T...

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Published inThe Irish times
Main Author Dan Keenan and Gerry Moriarty
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dublin The Irish Times DAC 09.05.2006
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McIlveen, Michael
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Summary:The 15-year-old youth beaten in a vicious sectarian attack in Co Antrim at the weekend died in hospital last night. Michael McIlveen died at Antrim Area Hospital at 8pm, the PSNI said late last night. Two men were arrested on Sunday morning and two more men were taken in for questioning yesterday. The PSNI said a fifth suspect, a juvenile, had also been detained last night. Local representatives have appealed for calm and for the public to help the PSNI find the killers. This claim was supported by local PSNI Supt Terry Shevlin. "We are quite clear that the motive for this assault was of a sectarian nature," he said yesterday.