Two men arrested in Brian McIlhagga murder probe released

Two men arrested by detectives investigating the murder of Brian McIlhagga in Co Antrim have been released.
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The men who were arrested - aged 45 and 41 - were detained in north Antrim on Tuesday morning. They were later released unconditionally.

Mr McIlhagga, a 42-year-old father of five was beaten and shot by a group of masked assailants who dragged him from a house in Riverview Park in Ballymoney in January 2015.

A 33-year-old woman who lived in the house was also assaulted by the gang and four children in the property were traumatised.