The death happened in the Hollybrook Avenue area of Newtownabbey
A PSNI spokesperson added: "A man in his 50s is currently assisting police with their enquiries."And in other news, an object found in a hijacked vehicle that lead to a weekend security alert in Derry was a ‘viable explosive device’, police have said today.
The news comes two days after the PSNI said the object, left in the vehicle at the city’s Waterside police station, was an ‘elaborate hoax’. In a brief statement issued on Wednesday morning Assistant Chief Constable Bobby Singleton said: “Following further technical examination of the object recovered from a hijacked vehicle outside Waterside Police Station on Sunday evening , police can now confirm it was a viable explosive device.”For all the latest news, visit the Belfast Live homepage here. To sign up to our FREE newsletters, see here.
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