Two men arrested and bailed by the Police in connection with the murder of Canadian George Lynch have now been released from that bail.

Mr. Lynch, 40, was shot dead on May 5 outside a Hamilton Parish home which was the focus of an ongoing trial involving a previous mob attack at the premises.

Police described Mr. Lynch, a Jamaican-born man who moved to Bermuda from Canada a year ago, as an innocent victim and not involved in Bermuda's gang underworld.

He'd gone to the house to visit his friend Philmore Phinn, who gave evidence just days before in the case against several men accused of the mob attack.

Mr. Lynch was shot once in the chest by two masked men who arrived on a motorcycle shortly before 10.27 p.m.

Police have refused to state whether the slaying was linked to the mob attack case or not.

However, two St. George's men accused in that case, Detroy Smith Jr, 24, and Allan Douglas Jr, 23, were arrested on suspicion of the Lynch murder as they left court on May 6, having been cleared of participating in the mob attack.

They were questioned before being released on Police bail, and were told to report back to the Police to answer that bail earlier this month.

Asked for an update on the investigation and the status of Mr. Smith and Mr. Douglas this week, a Police spokesman replied: "The investigation into the murder of George Lynch is active and ongoing, however the two individuals mentioned have been unconditionally released from Police bail."