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CONVICTED Shankill Road bomber Sean Kelly was being questioned by police yesterday over the murder of dissident republican Kevin McGuigan.
Mr Kelly was one of five men being questioned by detectives over the killing.
Detective Chief Inspector John McVea said: “The suspect has been taken to the serious crime suite at Antrim police station for questioning. Four other men arrested yesterday remain in custody.Weapons recovered during searches in greater Belfast have been sent for forensic examination, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said.
Mr McGuigan was shot dead at his home in the Short Strand area of east Belfast last Wednesday. Some 600 people attended his funeral on Tuesday.
The killing has raised tensions between Sinn Fein and dissident IRA splits as well as between the republican and loyalist communities.
Mr McGuigan’s relatives have used social media to accuse the IRA of responsibility.
But Sinn Fein has rejected the suggestion of IRA involvement.On Friday, the party rejected allegations by Democratic Unionist Party First Minister Peter Robinson that the murder was in retaliation for the shooting of former IRA leader Gerard “Jock” Davison in the nearby Markets area three months ago.
Mr Robinson opportunistically threatened Sinn Fein with “repercussions,” including being ejected from government.
No-one has yet been arrested for Mr Davison’s murder, and speculation that Mr McGuigan was the culprit may prejudice investigations.
Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre chair Joe Bowers condemned the murders, saying: “There is no contribution that can be made towards the causes close to our hearts by armed violence.
“If this was done just to settle old scores, then that is worse.”Mr Kelly was one of several IRA members who bombed a Fishmongers on the Shankill road in 1993, killing nine people and injuring 57 a year before the IRA ceasefire.
He was released from prison under the Good Friday Agreement.
The loyalist Ulster Defence Association carried out a series of retaliatory attacks, killing eight people at a Catholic bar in Greysteel near Derry shortly afterwards.
