Man dies following North assault

Police in the North are investigating the death of a man yesterday following an assault.

Police in the North are investigating the death of a man yesterday following an assault.

The man was the victim of an attack in the Westland Road area of Portadown, Co Armagh, last Saturday. The incident was not reported to the PSNI at the time, but it is understood the victim attended hospital.

A postmortem is expected to be carried out later today.

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