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Police have sealed off a road in North Belfast after young kids playing in the area reportedly discovered a human head.

Searches have been ongoing in the Springmartin Road area since late last night.

It's understood three young boys made the grim discovery last night and alerted their parents.

One local resident told Belfast Live they noticed strange activity in the area.

They said: "Three young boys came down the hill and then one of them ran back and there was a bit of commotion and they were all talking and I couldn't hear what they were saying, but as they got closer 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.

"And 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.

"But I didn't think it was anything, I thought it was an animal or something, I thought they'd done something and got themselves worked up about an animal.

"But it wasn't until then I seen the police and I thought, 'I wonder was that them boys', and I went over to the policeman and he said they had spoken to the boys and confirmed the story that they had told."

UUP Councillor for the area Frank McCoubrey said police were in the area from around 8pm last night and have been carrying out thorough searches in the area.

Detective Inspector Paul Rowland said: "The search has now concluded and nothing has been found.



"While nothing untoward has been found on this occasion, I would like to encourage members of the public to continue reporting anything they feel is suspicious to police."