Antrim body discovery treated as suspicious

A woman has been found dead in a house in Ballyclare, Co Antrim, police said today.

A woman has been found dead in a house in Ballyclare, Co Antrim, police said today.

The body was discovered at a house in Avondale Drive this morning and police are treating the death as suspicious.

A post mortem examination is to be carried out later today to establish the circumstances of her death.

Avondale Drive was closed for a number of hours after the discovery while detectives carried out preliminary examinations.

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