Man arrested after body of male is found in property in Magherafelt
![The property in Sandy Braes, Magherafelt, where the body was found. Police have cordoned off the area.](https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/TUFZMTM0MjExOTI1.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&trim=&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![The property in Sandy Braes, Magherafelt, where the body was found. Police have cordoned off the area.](/img/placeholder.png)
Detective Chief Inspector Raymond Phelan said: “Just after 12.30 this afternoon, police received a report that the body of a deceased male had been found at a residential property in the Sandy Braes area of Magherafelt.
“Police attended and a man has been arrested nearby on suspicion of murder.
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Hide Ad“My investigation is at a very early stage and I would appeal to anyone who was in the Sandy Braes area in recent days and who witnessed anything to contact detectives on 101 quoting reference 944 of 18/10/21.”
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