Man stabbed in Derry dies in hospital

Police have named the man who died after being stabbed in Coleraine, Co Derry, on Tuesday

Police have named the man who died after being stabbed in Coleraine, Co Derry, on Tuesday. Mr Robert McMullen (33), Kenbane Road, Coleraine, was stabbed in the loyalist Glenvara Drive area about 5.30 p.m. and died in hospital several hours later.

Police have launched a murder inquiry and have arrested a man in connection with the attack, which they say was neither sectarian nor paramilitary in motive.

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