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Journalists arrested over alleged theft of documents on Northern Ireland killings

They were arrested over alleged theft of documents on Northern Ireland's murder of six soccer fans in 1994. [Courtesy]

Two journalists were arrested on Friday over the suspected theft of documents from Northern Ireland’s police ombudsman that were used in a documentary that alleged police collusion in the 1994 murder of six soccer fans.

The two were later released on bail, police said, and the documentary makers secured a temporary court order to stop police examining documents and material seized in raids on Friday.

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