Gardaí investigating the murder of a 35-year-old man who was hacked to death by a machete-wielding gang in front of his wife and children in Co Cork have arrested a sixth person this morning. On Wednesday, gardaí arrested a 35-year-old Irish man at an address in Mayfield. Later gardaí arrested a 29-year-old Latvian man in the Blackpool area of Cork’s northside at around 10am on Wednesday and brought him to Gurranebraher Garda Station but he was released without charge. All three arrested in January were arrested on suspicion of facilitating and supporting an organised crime gang whom gardaí suspect were behind Mr Wilk’s murder. Last week at Cork City Coroner’s Court, Sgt Fergus Twomey applied for an adjournment of the inquest into Mr Wilk’s death, telling Cork City Coroner, Philip Comyn that the investigation remained “live, active and ongoing”.

Source: The Irish Times April 12, 2019 12:45 UTC