Postmortems are being held tonight on the bodies of the seven members of the McElhill family who died in a house fire in Omagh this week.
The remains of the seven members of the family were finally recovered from the charred wreckage of their home in Lammy Crescent last night and removed to hospital.
Some 500 people gathered outside the McElhill home last night as the bodies of Arthur McElhill (39), partner Lorraine McGovern (30), and their five children - Caroline (13), Seán (7), Bellina (4), Clodagh (18 months) and James (nine months) - were taken away in two white mortuary vans.
Examinations began today on the bodies. A pathologist who specialises in child death is conducting the postmortems on the children. Results are not expected until tomorrow at the earliest.
Seán and Bellina attended St Conor's Primary School, while Caroline was a pupil at the Sacred Heart College, which also is a short distance away from the house. Both reopened today after being closed following Tuesday's tragedy.
Detailed forensic examination of the scene is continuing today with a special expert called in from England to assist with what is now a murder inquiry.
Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde confirmed today the PSNI was investigating the fire as a case of multiple murder. "We are certainly seeing it as a very serious murder investigation," he said.
While some reports have named 39-year-old Mr McElhill, originally from Co Fermanagh, as the main suspect - and in some cases, the only suspect - the PSNI continues to insist that it is carrying out an investigation into seven murders, including his.
Against the background of considerable speculation about the fire, the PSNI also warned the media to be extremely careful in how it reported the tragedy.
Police continue to say they are following several lines of inquiry, while also not denying that one of these lines of investigation is that Mr McElhill was responsible.