Two men were arrested yesterday by the RUC in connection with the killing of a west Belfast taxi-driver on Friday night. Police say they are helping them with their inquiries.
The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) earlier denied they were involved in the murder. Relatives of the man had called on the paramilitary group to admit involvement in his death.
Mr Mark McNeill (32), a father of five, was shot by two men outside the Apollo taxi depot on the Shaws Road shortly before 7 p.m. He was hit several times in the legs and chest. Police ruled out a sectarian motive.
In a statement issued through the Irish Republican Socialist Party, the INLA denied any involvement and said the family's charges were "wild and unsubstantiated."
On Saturday Mr McNeill's family called on the police to release more details about the killing, saying false stories were circulating in the area. They denied he was a drug dealer.
"We publicly call on the INLA to tell Mark's parents, his brothers and sisters, his five children and his loved ones why they murdered him," the family said in a statement.
Mr McNeill had started working with the taxi company less than a month ago.
Families Against Intimidation and Terror (FAIT) accused republican paramilitaries of being involved, saying that the nature of his injuries suggested it was very likely that he was the victim of a so-called punishment attack. Police said yesterday that no motive had been established.
