12/06/2006

Body discovered in County Tyrone

A man's body has been recovered from a lough in County Tyrone.

A police spokesperson said that the alarm was raised by a member of the public at around 7.20pm last night, reporting that a person had entered the water at Creeve Lough near Dungannon.

The PSNI, Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue and Water Rescue were involved in the search, which lasted for around two hours, before the body was located.

It is not thought that there were any suspicious circumstances surrounding the death.

(EF/SP)

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