Human remains are found in a burned-out car in Dublin after dismembered limbs were discovered in a sports bag amid fears that missing teenager was killed in drugs feud
- Ireland’s Garda police found the partial remains in the early hours of Wednesday
- Detectives suspect the discovery is linked to the body parts found on Monday
- It is feared that a missing teenager was killed in a feud between rival drugs gangs
Human remains have been found in a burned-out car in Dublin today, less than 48 hours after after dismembered limbs were discovered in a sports bag nearby.
Ireland’s Garda police found the partial remains today after firefighters extinguished the burning vehicle in north Dublin in the early hours of this morning.
Detectives suspect the two grim discoveries in three days are linked and fear that the body parts are those of a missing 17-year-old.
It is feared that the teenager was killed in a feud between drugs gangs and he is believed to have been threatened shortly before his death.
Irish police officers man a cordon this morning after human remains were discovered in a burned-out car in north Dublin – the second grim discovery in three days
Today’s discovery comes less than 48 hours after human body parts were found in a sports bag in Coolock (police are pictured at the scene yesterday)
Firefighters found the burning car in Drumcondra at around 1.30am today, less than eight miles from where the legs and arms were found on Monday night.
The victim has not yet been named and police say it may be some time before the remains can be properly identified.
However, they suspect that the remains discovered today could be the rest of the same person’s body, the Irish Times reports.
Police had been hunting for the rest of the body since a group of teenagers found the abandoned limbs in a sports bag in Coolock on Monday night.
According to the Irish Independent, Ireland’s Garda police believe the sports bag containing the limbs may have been dumped out of a car.
They believe the body parts may belong to a missing teenager who had been threatened with dismemberment as part of a drugs feud.
The case could be linked to the Drogheda feud between rival gangs based in the town on the east coast of Ireland.
Police have opened the line of enquiry after examining their list of missing people and urging people with concerns over a friend or relative to get in touch.
Detectives are said to suspect that the bag may have been abandoned by people who were ‘spooked’ that police might be on their trail.
A Garda police officer at the scene this morning where human remains were found in a car – with detectives on the hunt for missing body parts
The Garda Technical Bureau, the office of the State pathologist and the coroner have been notified about the latest finding
Dublin Central lawmaker Paschal Donohoe said organised crime was bringing a ‘cycle of terror’ to parts of his constituency.
‘I want to acknowledge that within my own constituency I do have experience of the cycle of terror, of the cycle of fear that organised crime can bring,’ he said.
Hailing his party’s efforts to tackle the problem in government, he said police recruitment and ‘community investment’ were ‘dealing with the kind of terror’.
Fianna Fail deputy leader Dara Calleary described it as a massive human tragedy.
‘It is true to say that this is not just one area,’ he added.
‘When you reduce investment in programmes such as the urban renewal project you take away opportunities from people.
‘The garda drug units across the country will tell you they do not have enough (gardai).’
The Garda Technical Bureau, the office of the State pathologist and the coroner have been notified about the latest finding.
Police said they have requested the help of Forensic Science Ireland.