A mob hit in Ireland, a 10-year manhunt and an arrest in Dubai

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Police cordoned off the Regency Hotel in Dublin after a gang-related shooting there on Feb. 5, 2016, left one man dead and an alleged cartel boss on the run. (Niall Carson/PA Wire/Press Association Images)

DUBLIN — They’ve changed the name of the old Regency Hotel — now the Bonnington — but not much else from the day David Byrne was shot dead near the front desk, a mob hit that sparked one of Ireland’s bloodiest murder rampages and a 10-year international manhunt.


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