'Arson attack' kills 4,300 pigs in Armagh farm

Up to 4,300 pigs have died in a suspected arson attack at a farm in Northern Ireland.

Police are investigating the cause of a fire that killed thousands of pigs at a farm in Northern Ireland.

Carcasses of the sows and piglets were being removed from the premises near Bessbrook, Co Armagh, in a major clean-up operation throughout today.