Four people are being questioned this evening in relation to the murder of a 51-year-old man who was found stabbed to death in Newtownards, Co Down.
Four people are being questioned this evening in relation to the murder of a 51-year-old man who was found stabbed to death in Newtownards, Co Down.
The man, named locally as Mr Hugh McKibben, died when a violent disturbance broke out at the home of a young family in Inisharon Court.
It is believed the man, who lived a few miles away at Carrowdore, was stabbed in the hallway of the house.
Meanwhile, police ruled out a crime following the death of a 34-year-old man whose body was found suffering from stab wounds at a house in north Belfast.
The PSNI said following a post-mortem examination they were not looking for anyone in connection with the death in the Old Park Road.
Meanwhile three people were being treated in hospital for stab wounds following disturbances at a social club in Newtownabbey on the Co Antrim outskirts of north Belfast.
Police said they had not ruled out a sectarian motive for the trouble at the club in Monkstown Avenue.
One of the three men, a 24-year-old, was in a critical condition, said a spokesman.
A fourth man injured in the clash was being treated for a fractured skull.
An ambulance crew called to the scene to tend the injured were themselves threatened at knife point, said the Ambulance Service.
A spokesman said a crowd entered the rear of the ambulance and threatened both the crew and an injured man with a knife.
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