Gardaí are awaiting DNA results to identify the body.
Image: Eamonn Farrell Image: Eamonn Farrell GARDAÍ INVESTIGATING THE discovery of human body parts in Coolock are probing a possible link with the disappearance of a 17-year-old boy.
Gardaí have appealed for witnesses since the grisly discovery at Moatview Gardens and Moatview Drive in Coolock, Co Dublin on Monday night. Officers are probing the location of where the limbs were discovered to see if they were randomly dumped or if there was a meaning or message from the killers behind it.
Officers attached to detective units in both Dublin and Louth are sharing information regarding ongoing feuds in their localities. Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan expressed his “shock and horror” at the discovery of “this dreadful crime” yesterday. “I also want to reassure people living in the locality that their concerns and the issue of violent crime in their area is being taken seriously at the highest levels, as reflected in the ever increasing levels of Gardaí allocated to their area.”
“Since the summer we have had five murders, a non-fatal shooting since the weekend and now this incident of a body being found. This is not normal,” said Ó Riordáin.