THREE MEN were being questioned by PSNI detectives last night following the stabbing to death of a young man in Portadown, Co Armagh.
The man, named locally as Mark Williamson, was stabbed in Hartfield Avenue in the town at about 4.20am yesterday.
There were local reports of people hearing shouting and screaming at the time of the stabbing. The dead man is understood to have been aged 21 and the father of a 7-month-old daughter.
The three men who were arrested are aged 28, 26 and 24.
The killing came a day after police reported the stabbing of three men in an incident in Lurgan, Co Armagh, which left a 23-year-old man in a serious condition in hospital.
Alan Carson, DUP mayor for the area, condemned the killing and appealed for anyone with information to pass it to the police. Sinn Féin MLA John O’Dowd said: “It just shows the consequences of people using knives in this manner. The consequences are fatal and are devastating,”
