Man (23) arrested following death of woman in Co Down

The body of a woman was found in her home in Newry on Sunday morning

Police in Co Down are treating the death of a woman whose body was found in her home as suspicious. File photograph: PA Wire
Police in Co Down are treating the death of a woman whose body was found in her home as suspicious. File photograph: PA Wire

A man has been arrested following the death of a woman whose body was found in her home in Co Down.

The 23-year-old man was detained after the 20-year-old woman's body was discovered by PSNI officers in Drumalane Park, Newry, on Sunday morning.

Police said officers were treating the woman’s death as “suspicious at this time”.

A postmortem is to be conducted to establish the cause of the woman’s death. – PA