Teenager charged with murder of man in Co Tyrone
By Jonathan McCambridge and Cillian Sherlock, Press Association
A teenage boy has been charged with the murder of a man in Co Tyrone.
The 16-year-old has also been charged with two counts of attempted murder and threats to kill following an incident in the Lisnahull Road area of Dungannon on Saturday.
He is due to appear before Omagh Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.
A 61-year-old man was found dead next to his seriously injured daughter at a house in the town.
Police on Tuesday said the girl is in a stable condition.
The dead man’s wife, who was also in the house at the time and sustained non-life threatening injuries, was released from hospital.
Providing an update, Mid Ulster District Commander Superintendent Peter Stevenson said: “Just after 10.55am, we received a report from a member of the public of an ongoing disturbance at a house in the Lisnahull Road area of Dungannon.
“Officers arrived a short time later and discovered the body of a man aged 61, his 48-year-old wife, who had sustained non-life threatening injuries, and their severely injured eight-year-old daughter.
“Our officers immediately commenced first aid on the woman and girl – and I am in no doubt that their quick-thinking actions gave the young girl a fighting chance of survival.
“She is now in a stable condition in hospital.
Specialist officers are supporting the wider family circle and we are liaising with the relevant consulate
“Colleagues from the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service and Air Ambulance later attended and took both females to hospital.”
The officer added: “First and foremost, I want to express my sympathies to the loved ones of this family who will inevitably be struggling to come to terms with this horrendous news.
“Specialist officers are supporting the wider family circle and we are liaising with the relevant consulate.
“We would ask that the public avoid speculation.”
The senior officer said police do not believe that there is any ongoing risk to the public and they are not currently looking for anyone else in connection with the investigation.
However, Superintendent Stevenson said locals would continue to see an increased police presence in the area with a “significant number of detectives and local policing officers dedicated to working on this case”.
