Police investigate man's killing in Co Down pub

Police in Northern Ireland have launched a murder investigation after the death of man in a Co Down pub last night.

Police in Northern Ireland have launched a murder investigation after the death of man in a Co Down pub last night.

A police spokesman said the 35-year-old man died in an incident in a pub in Warrenpoint early this morning.

He said details of the incident and the cause of death were uncertain but detectives that were following a "definite line of inquiry".

It is believed the man had been involved in a fight at a seafront pub.

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