25/02/2002

Man arrested after body is found in east Belfast

The Police Service of Northern Ireland have arrested one man following the discovery of a man's body in east Belfast.

The police found the body early on Monday morning at Lord Street in the Mountpottinger area of east Belfast after a neighbour called around 3.30am.

The man who was from the area, was found in the living room, and is thought to have suffered head injuries. The police are not at this stage treating his death as murder but as suspicious. They also do not believe the man's death was sectarian.

The victim's name has not yet been released. (AMcE)

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