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PACEMAKER BELFAST 03/12/2021 Three men have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after the body of a 20-year-old woman was found inside a block of flats in Co Down. Police say they received a report at around 8.30pm of a woman found collapsed inside the complex on Dromore Street in Ballynahinch. Two of the men are 26-years-old while the other is 30. All remain in police custody.

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