Two men were arrested today by detectives investigating the murder of a 15-year-old schoolboy in north Belfast last month.
The men were being questioned about the killing of Thomas Devlin, who was stabbed five times in the back as he and two friends walked home along the Somerton Road on August 10th, after buying sweets at a local shop.
Police have confirmed the prime suspects are two young men who were in the area walking a black and white dog.
An 18-year-old friend of Thomas was also stabbed in the back in the attack, but escaped serious injury as he was wearing a backpack. A 16-year-old boy managed to escape injury.
Thomas was a student at Belfast Royal Academy where he was a talented musician who played the horn. His death shocked residents of the affluent Somerton Road area which had escaped most of the violence suffered in other parts of north Belfast.
