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  Arrests over NI policeman murder
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Last EditedNew Jerusalem  Mar 10, 2009 12:51pm
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News DateTuesday, March 10, 2009 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionTwo men, aged 17 and 37, have been arrested in connection with the murder of a policeman in Northern Ireland.

Dissident republican group, the Continuity IRA, said it shot Constable Stephen Paul Carroll at Lismore Manor, Craigavon, County Armagh on Monday.

Constable Carroll, 48, a married man, with children from Banbridge, died 48 hours after two soldiers were shot dead by the Real IRA at a base in Antrim.

Both of those arrested are being questioned in Antrim police station.

Police were responding to a woman's call for help when they were attacked.

Constable Carroll was shot through the rear window of his police car when he arrived at the scene at about 2145 GMT on Monday.

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