Double murder in Westmoreland

Two men were gunned down at a shop in Little London, Westmoreland, yesterday police confirmed last night.

They have been identified as Leonard Nanco, 70, a pensioner, and Fabian Allen, 33, unemployed, both of Little London.

Reports are that the men were sitting at the front of a grocery shop when a car drove up from which two men alighted and opened fire at them about 2:07 p.m. They was later pronounced dead at hospital.

The police were alerted and a car fitting the description of the one used in the shooting was

intercepted with two men aboard in Hanover.

Those men are now in custody.

The Little London police say they have not yet established a motive for the killings. Investigations

continue.