Ireland

Emergency services conduct search of Belfast Lough

FlightRadar showed a Rescue 199 helicopter scanning the lough just after midnight

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The Police Service of Northern Ireland asked the public to avoid the area. Photograph: Paul McErlane/EPA
Sun Oct 30 2022 - 08:05

Police and other emergency services were searching the Belfast Lough area early on Sunday morning.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland asked the public to avoid the area.

FlightRadar showed a Rescue 199 helicopter scanning the lough just after midnight.

Police said there were no further details available. – PA