Three men held after body found in Belfast

Three men were questioned tonight by the Police Service of Northern Ireland after the discovery of a man's body in east Belfast…

Three men were questioned tonight by the Police Service of Northern Ireland after the discovery of a man's body in east Belfast.

Police were called to a house at Island Street in the Newtownards Road area. It was immediately sealed off as forensic experts carried out a full examination of the scene.

A police spokesman said a post mortem examination would be carried out to determine how the 45-year-old man died.

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