Police arrest man after body found in Belfast

Police in the North are investigating the suspicious death of a person whose body was found in east Belfast.

Police in the North are investigating the suspicious death of a person whose body was found in east Belfast.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland will not say if the body was that of a man or a woman. The body was found early this morning at Lord Street in the Mountpottinger area of the city.

One man has been arrested. Police say they do not believe the incident was sectarian.

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