N Ireland murders probe: 11 quizzed

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The number in custody increased on Monday when police arrested two men aged 31 and 27 in Craigavon over the killing of Constable Stephen Carroll.

Their detention brought to seven the number of people being held in connection with the shooting of the policeman by the Continuity IRA .

Two guns were also seized on Monday night by police close to the spot where he was shot.

The two developments were followed by minor disturbances involving up to 30 youths who threw stones and bottles at police in the neighbouring Meadowbrook, Pinebank and Moyraverty areas of Craigavon.

A St Patrick's Day parade planned for Lurgan, close to where Pc Carroll was shot, has been cancelled amid the continuing tensions.

Meanwhile, the police said they had been given an extra five days to question three men - aged 41, 32 and 21 - who were arrested on Saturday over the murders of the two soldiers at Massereene Barracks in Antrim 48 hours before PC Carroll's murder.

Sappers Patrick Azimkar, 21, from London, and Mark Quinsey, 23, from Birmingham, were shot dead at the gates of the base when they went to collect pizzas which were being delivered just before they were to head off to Afghanistan for a tour of duty.

A fourth man is also being questioned about the murder, claimed by the Real IRA.

Among the detainees police have been given extra time to question is high-profile republican Colin Duffy, who was detained at his Craigavon home on Saturday - not about the policeman's killing down the road, but the soldiers' murder. Duffy, 41, is a former IRA prisoner who split from mainstream republicanism over the decision of Sinn Fein to support the PSNI.