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A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering two men and the attempted murder of another man in Belfast.<\/p>\n
The 50-year-old was arrested on suspicion of murdering a 49-year-old man in west Belfast as he sat inside a taxi in Bell Steel Manor area on 23 February 2025.<\/p>\n
He was also arrested on suspicion of murdering 54-year-old Danny McClean and 43-year-old Jim Donegan.<\/p>\n
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said he was arrested following a search of a house in north Belfast on Tuesday and that he currently remains in police custody.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Police believe two men approached the taxi that the 49-year-old was sitting in on foot before firing a number of shots “in a cold-blooded attack intended to kill”.<\/p>\n
Mr McClean was shot a number of times on 2 February 2021 as he sat in a driveway of a property on the Cliftonville Road in north Belfast.<\/p>\n
Mr Donegan was shot several times on 4 December 2018 as he waited in his car to collect his son from school on the Glen Road in west Belfast.<\/p>\n
Det Insp Gina Quinn described all three attacks as “cold, calculated and ruthless”.<\/p>\n
“All three were carried out in busy, residential areas when any members of the public, including children, could easily have been passing by,” Det Insp Quinn added.<\/p>\n
“Two of the attacks left families bereft, and all three have left loved ones and communities shaken.”<\/p>\n
Police have appealed for anyone with information or footage to come forward.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n