Updated \/ Monday, 12 Jun 2017 23:44 <\/p>\n
Further remains have been found by garda carrying out searches in Co Wicklow afterbody parts were discovered near Enniskerry over the weekend. <\/p>\n
A torso was found by walkers on the Military Road near Enniskerry at around 7.45pm on Saturday evening. <\/p>\n
It was removed to the Mater Hospital for X-ray before being brought to the city morgue. <\/p>\n
A second discovery, believed to be part of a torso includinginternal organs, was made near Glennmacnass, close to a waterfall, around 20km away from the site of the original discovery. <\/p>\n
This evening two further discoveries were made, firstlyby the Garda Underwater Unitnear Glennmacnass waterfall. <\/p>\n
Defence Forces personnel then also discovered additional remains at Lough Brea Lower on Military Road. <\/p>\n
Garda were satisfied the first two sets of remains found are from the same victim. <\/p>\n
They say the victim is a male, around 25, who died violently in the past week. <\/p>\n
Divisional search teams and two Defence Forces platoons are searching a 30km area. <\/p>\n
More troops and gardai are expected to join the search tomorrow. <\/p>\n
A post-mortem examination was carried out today but garda saidthe victim has not yet been identified. <\/p>\n
The locations have been sealed off as crime scenes. <\/p>\n
The roads from Enniskerry to Glencree, from Glencree south to the Sally Gap, and from the Sally Gap to Laragh, have been closed to facilitate the search. <\/p>\n
The post-mortem examination was carried out at the Dublin city morgue by the Deputy State Pathologist today to establish the age, race, and gender of the victim. <\/p>\n
Garda are treating the case as murder, with dismemberment and disbursement of the body parts. <\/p>\n
They are examining missing persons files and awaiting DNA results from the post mortem. <\/p>\n
They believe the remains were left in the area in the past week. <\/p>\n
Among the lines of inquiry in this case are a personal motive or the involvement of gang members. <\/p>\n
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