15/11/2007

Ombudsman Probes Garda Raid Death

An investigation has been launched after a 22-year-old man fell ill and died during a Garda search of his home in Cork on Wednesday night.

Gardaí had begun the search at the house in the Gurranabraher area of the city around 7.30pm yesterday when the man - one of the occupants of the house - fell ill and was taken to Cork University Hospital where he later died.

The incident has been referred to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. The man is reported to have been named locally as David O'Mahony, who lived in McSwiney's Villas in Cork.

(KMcA)


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