30/05/2003

Police search reservoir for missing loyalist

Police divers have been called in to search a reservoir in north Belfast today after a local man went missing on Wednesday.

The search at the Waterworks Park on the Antrim Road is understood to have begun at around 8am on Friday morning.

The missing man is believed to be a loyalist from the lower Shankill area of Belfast.

All entrances to the park have been closed as police continue with the search for the missing man.

(MB)

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