Two men have been arrested over the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old man in Limerick city last month.
The two men in their 30s were hold this morning in the Limerick area in relation to the stabbing that claimed the life of Darren Bennett on March 18th.
The teenager, who turned 18 in February, suffered the injury when trouble started outside a house in Craevel Park in Moyross. He had been at a party in the house following St Patrick’s Day festivities when he was stabbed in an altercation on the front doorstep of the house.
A squad of armed gardai were drafted into the northside suburb to keep the peace after the teenager was killed.
One of the men is being held under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act at Mayorstone Garda station while the other is being questioned under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act in Henry Street Garda station.