By Rebecca Black, PA
Police have been given more time to question a man about the death of a woman following a car fire.
The blaze took place outside a house in the Quarry Road area of Knockloughrim near Maghera in the early hours of Tuesday.
The woman, in her 50s, was treated in hospital but died from her injuries.
A 59-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland said on Thursday that detectives have been granted a further extension of 36 hours to question the man.
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