10/06/2015

Woman Arrested Over Basil McAfee Murder Released

A woman being questioned by police over the murder of Basil McAfee in north Belfast in December 2013 has been released.

Mr McAfee's body was discovered at his home on Henderson Avenue on 20 December.

He was the victim of an attack involving an axe and a knife. He was last seen alive on the evening of 19 December.

This is the sixth arrest so far.

(CD/JP)

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