DETECTIVES from the PSNI’s Serious Crime Branch have released two men and a woman unconditionally.
The 43-year-old woman and the two men, aged 44 and 57, were arrested in Derry yesterday morning.
They were detained as part of investigation into events at wake and funeral of Peggy O’Hara in Derry.
The trio were taken to the serious crime suite in Antrim for questioning.
Scores of men and women dressed in paramilitary style uniform turned out for Mrs O’Hara’s funeral in Derry in July.
Masked men had fired shots over her coffin days earlier as it arrived back at her Derry home for a wake.
Earlier this week, a 41-year-old man was arrested in Co Antrim under section 41 of the Terrorism Act.
He was taken to the serious crime suite in Antrim to be questioned.
The suspect was later released unconditionally.
The officer leading the investigation, Det Insp Philip Montgomery, has issued a detailed appeal to witnesses who may have information about the “series of offences committed at the wake and subsequent funeral”.
He appealed to anyone who saw people dressed in paramilitary-style uniform in the Templegrove area of Derry on 15 July, or who saw or heard shots being fired, to contact police.
He also asked for assistance in identifying anyone who was dressed in paramilitary-style uniform during Mrs O’Hara’s funeral on 18 July 2015.
The cortege travelled from Templegrove to the City Cemetery via Buncrana Road, Northland Road, Bishop Street and Lone Moor Road.
Mrs O’Hara’s son, Patsy, was one of 10 republican prisoners who died on hunger strike in the Maze Prison in 1981.
He was a senior member of the INLA.
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