Tributes have been paid to a Derry man who was killed in the Rosemount area of the city at the weekend.
Karol Kelly, 35, (pictured above) from the Beechwood area of Derry, was fatally injured following an altercation with several men outside a house in Grafton Street at around 2.40am in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Three men, aged 19, 20 and 27, were arrested in connection with the incident.
Tributes have since been paid to Mr Kelly, with his brother Paul posting on social media that his family had taken 'great comfort knowing that he is at peace'.
"At this sad time, myself and my family take great comfort in knowing that he is at peace with himself now and in a far happier place," he wrote.
Hundreds of people also took to social media to offer their condolences, with Mr Kelly remembered as a 'gentle giant'.
Appealing for information, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Dickson from PSNI Major Investigation Team said: "We are working to establish the circumstances of this incident and determine the precise sequence of events that culminated in the tragic death of this man.
"I would appeal to anyone who was in the Grafton Street or Park Avenue areas of Derry on Sunday morning between 2.30am and 3am to please get in touch by calling 101, quoting reference number 243 04/03/18."
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