SF councillor killed by bull

A local politician was killed by a bull on a farm near his home in the North.

Sinn Féin councillor Michael McAnespie, 63, was attacked on land at Loughmacrory near Omagh, Co Tyrone.

A spokesman for the Police Service of Northern Ireland confirmed a 63-year-old man was killed by a bull in Whitebridge Road, Six Mile Cross.

The spokesman said the bull was later shot dead by police.

Close friend Peter Kelly, also a councillor in Omagh, said: “We are numb with shock, everybody is devastated.”