Young children ‘find a human head’

  • Officers sealed off road in Greater Shankill area of Belfast as they search area
  • Three boys made grim discovery while they were playing in area this morning
  • Youngsters heard discussing the head by resident and said it had ‘grey eyes’

An entire street has been locked down by police after young children found a ‘human head’ while they were out playing.

Officers sealed off the road in Belfast, after the boys made the gruesome discovery this morning, and are now searching the area.

The body was found in the Greater Shankill district of the city, in an area of dense woodland and near a primary school.

Officers sealed off the road in Belfast, after the boys made the gruesome discovery this morning, and are now searching the area in Greater Shankill

The children were heard discussing the body as having ‘grey eyes’.

A resident told Belfast Live: ‘I heard them say, I thought it was, ”it’s definitely dead, I can see the eyes”, but now I’m thinking it was, ”it’s definitely a head” and I heard it wrong.

‘The smaller one was kneeling down and he was showing the other two, then they got into a bit of a panic and they were talking about the eyes were grey, something to do with the eyes, and then the next minute the bus was coming up and they all ran over and jumped on the bus.’   

More to follow.

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