Body found in Kildare reservoir following serious assault on woman

A house fire was extinguished shortly after 6am in Oaklawn West, Leixlip

The scene is being preserved for a technical examination. File picture: Dan Linehan

Gardaí have said they do not believe anyone else was involved in an incident in which an assaulted woman was taken from a burning house in Kildare and a man's body was later found in a nearby reservoir.

Emergency services and gardaí were called to a house in Oaklawn West, Leixlip, where a house fire was extinguished shortly after 6am.