A dissident republican shot and killed in south Armagh had been freed from jail in the Republic last year, it emerged today.
Martin Conlon (35), from Railway Street, Armagh, was abducted and then shot several times in the head before his body was dumped on a roadside near the village of Keady.
Detectives believe he was the victim of a fall-out with former associates who may have been linked to the 'Real IRA'.
Conlon was one of six men jailed at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin in March 2001 after he pleaded guilty to training people in the use of firearms.
It followed a special security operation when armed police surrounded a field in Co Meath, and a farm in Co Louth which was being used as a 'Real IRA' training camp.
He served a four-year sentence in Portlaoise Prison and was released last year.
It is believed detectives believe that he was killed by dissident republicans who were one-time associates.