A murder investigation has been launched after the death of a woman in north Belfast.
Police, along with the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service, responded to a report received just before midnight on Monday.
The woman, who is in her 60s, was pronounced dead at a property on the Shore Road in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
A man, aged in his 30s, was arrested on suspicion of murder, and remains in police custody.
There is also a police cordon at the rear of the property.
North Belfast Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) assembly member Phillip Brett said there is “massive shock and sadness” amongst the community following the incident, adding that it was “absolutely heartbreaking”.
Michael Fitzpatrick, News NI, at the scene
A neighbour, who did not want to give her name, said she was alerted to the incident by her son.
“It was about half twelve whenever my son came into my room to say there was police and ambulance outside the door,” she told News NI.
“The police were running about frantic, along with the paramedics, so I knew something bad had happened, especially when they cordoned off the bottom of the driveway.
“I just can’t get my head around it – it really is tragic,” she added.
