Gardai believe the man suspected of murdering two men in Sligo was planning to kill more victims in the coming days.
The suspect was working his way through a list of men whom he had befriended on a gay dating app when arrested by gardai investigating the murders of two men found at separate locations in Sligo.
Gardai believe the killer befriended his victims on Grindr, the gay dating app.
Detectives are continuing to question a man in his twenties who was arrested in Sligo at 1.30am today under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.
The suspect, who is originally from the Middle East but is a naturalised Irish citizen living in Sligo, was arrested by an armed response team.
Detectives had identified