Police arrest two in Belfast murder inquiry

Police in Belfast have arrested two people in connection with the murder of a 15-year-old schoolboy last year.

Police in Belfast have arrested two people in connection with the murder of a 15-year-old schoolboy last year.

A man and a woman are being questioned about the murder of Thomas Devlin who was stabbed five times in the back on August 10th last year as he and two friends walked home along the Somerton Road in north Belfast.

They were returning late at night from a petrol station where they had just bought sweets.

The two people were being questioned by detectives in Antrim.

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