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23/08/2006
Post mortem due after suspicious death
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man whose body was found in west Belfast yesterday afternoon.
The body of the man, who has been named locally as Philip Thompson from the Woodvale area, was discovered close to the Ballygomartin River, off the Forthriver Road, at around 3.45pm yesterday.
A post-mortem examination is to be carried out later to day to determine the cause of death, which police are currently treating as suspicious.
Detectives in west Belfast are appealing for anyone who may have witnessed a fight in the area sometime between 8pm and 10pm on Monday evening, or who may have any information in connection to the death, to contact them on 0845 600 8000, or anonymously on 0800 555 111.
(EF)
The body of the man, who has been named locally as Philip Thompson from the Woodvale area, was discovered close to the Ballygomartin River, off the Forthriver Road, at around 3.45pm yesterday.
A post-mortem examination is to be carried out later to day to determine the cause of death, which police are currently treating as suspicious.
Detectives in west Belfast are appealing for anyone who may have witnessed a fight in the area sometime between 8pm and 10pm on Monday evening, or who may have any information in connection to the death, to contact them on 0845 600 8000, or anonymously on 0800 555 111.
(EF)
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West Belfast Death 'Suspicious'
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