15/10/2007

Arrest Follows Cave Hill Death

The discovery of as body at the foot of Belfast Cavehill on Saturday afternoon has led to the arrest of and continuing questioning of a 24-year-old man.

The dead man, who is thought to have been in his 30s, has now been identified but the police have not yet released his name.

His body was discovered at the bottom of a cliff below a part of the mountain known as Napoleon's Nose.

A PSNI spokesman said the man arrested is assisting officers with enquiries and the death remains "suspicious".

(BMcC)

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