A 35-year-old father of two was found murdered yesterday after a gang of men abducted him from his Co Armagh home.
The PSNI last night named him as Paul Crymble from Ballybreagh Road, Richhill. It is believed he was originally from Carrickfergus, Co Antrim.
The man and his wife had returned to their bungalow in the Aghory area of Richill in the early hours of yesterday morning when they were confronted by four masked men, one armed with a handgun. The couple were tied up as the gang demanded money. He was then bundled into the family car.
Shortly before 11 a.m., a member of the public spotted a body inside a car on the Cornascreeb road, two miles from the scene of the abduction. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene by a doctor.
Police have said there was nothing to suggest a paramilitary or sectarian link to the killing.
The family are believed to have moved into Armagh recently from Co Antrim. The dead man is believed to have been an engineer.
Supt Bob Moore said no motive had yet been established for the murder but all lines of inquiry would be investigated.
"This murder is all the more tragic because the man is the father of two young children aged 12 and eight and today is Fathers' Day." - (PA)
Loyalist rampage in Mater Hospital
Patients at a north Belfast hospital had to be locked in their wards for their own safety as up to 40 loyalists went on the rampage at the weekend, writes Dan Keenan.
The mob had been associated with the controversial Orange parade through the city that evening known as the Tour of the North. The parade, one of the most sensitive in Belfast in the early marching season, otherwise passed off peacefully.
The violence took place at the casualty department of the Mater Hospital on the Crumlin Road at about 10 p.m. on Friday, while another crowd gathered outside and tried to gain entry. No one was hurt.
The Orange Order, hospital authorities, politicians and the health union all condemned the trouble.
Ms Angela Smith, the direct rule Minister in charge of health said: "It is disgusting and deplorable that such an incident should have infringed the sanctity of a hospital which is there to serve the entire community."
Mr Dawson Bailie, county grand master of the Orange Order, said: "I totally deplore what took place after our parade at the Mater Hospital."