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Three separate death probes in NI

PSNI - Man arrested in Armagh
PSNI - Man arrested in Armagh

Investigations are under way in Northern Ireland after the discoveries of three bodies in separate incidents in Lurgan, Lisburn and Derry.

The body of a man was found lying in the street in the Shankill Street-Prospect Way area of the Shankill estate in Lurgan, Co Armagh.

The PSNI is treating the death as suspicious, and a man has been arrested.

A PSNI spokesman said a definite line of inquiry was being followed.

Earlier, a man's body was found near flats in the Killaney Avenue area of Lisburn.

In Derry, the police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman in her 60s in Colby Avenue.