A JUVENILE male has been arrested after a man was brutally stabbed to death in rural Co. Offaly yesterday.
The victim, aged in his 50s, was found with serious stab wounds after emergency services were called to a house on Green Road in Ballyfore, near Edenderry at around 8pm.
Despite the efforts of medical personnel the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
A number of people were in the house at the time, Gardaí said.
A male youth has now been arrested in relation to the incident.
He was taken to Tullamore Garda Station where he is being detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.
The house in Ballyfore has been sealed off to allow for the Garda Technical Bureau to carry out a forensic examination of the scene.
The State Pathologist has also been notified.
A Garda spokesperson confirmed that an incident room has been set up at Tullamore Garda Station.
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