In Short

A round-up of today's other stories in brief.

A round-up of today's other stories in brief.

Body found during search for boy's killer

WEST LOTHIAN - Police hunting the killer of schoolboy Rory Blackhall yesterday discovered a body at a house they were searching in connection with his death.

The 11-year-old's body was discovered in woods near his school a week ago, prompting one of Lothian and Border's biggest murder inquiries.

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A police statement said: "During a search conducted today at an address in the Camps Rigg area of Livingston, Lothian and Borders Police can confirm that the body of an adult was recovered from the premises."

A postmortem and formal identification is expected to take place today.

A spokesman confirmed that the recovery was made at the address where forensic officers were carrying out a search in relation to the Rory murder investigation. - (PA)

Two Serbs die in Kosovo shooting

PRISTINA - Two Serbs were killed and two were wounded when their car was shot at in Kosovo, police said yesterday, shattering a year-long lull in attacks there on Serbs.

Police said the car came under fire from an overtaking vehicle late on Saturday near the southern town of Strpce.

Serbia's prime minister denounced the shooting as ethnically motivated, but police denied Serb media reports that three ethnic Albanians had been arrested for the attack. - (Reuters)

Men arrested over christening killing

LONDON - Three men were arrested last night in connection with the murder of a woman who was shot while cradling a baby at a christening on Saturday night.

The victim, in her 30s and originally from Sierra Leone, was enjoying a family celebration with 100 friends and relatives when she died. She was gunned down after a gang of men in hooded tops gate-crashed the party at a community hall on the Wood Dene Estate near Queens Road, Peckham, in south London.

A postmortem carried out yesterday concluded that she died from a single gun shot wound to the head. The child, who is not related to the woman, was unharmed in the attack. - (PA)