Teenager released on PSNI bail

A teenager arrested by the PSNI in connection with an investigation into an arson attack that took the lives of a couple has …

A teenager arrested by the PSNI in connection with an investigation into an arson attack that took the lives of a couple has been released on police bail.

The man was arrested yesterday as part of an investigation into the deaths of Thomas O'Hare, 33, and Lisa McClatchey, 21.

They died after a blaze at their Foley Road home near Keady, County Armagh earlier this month. Mr O'Hare was beaten with hammers during the attack.

Police have charged one man and questioned a number of others in connection with the attack.

Another four people who checked into a hospital in County Louth an hour after the attack with severe burns are being treated in hospital in Dublin, and police are waiting to question them.

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