Woman flees after gunpoint ordeal

Version 0 of 1.

A man has been arrested in connection with an incident in which a woman was threatened at gunpoint in south Belfast.

The 26-year-old was forced into a car while walking along the Lisburn Road at about 0130 BST on Thursday.

A man drove her around the surrounding streets for approximately 30 minutes and threatened her with a handgun.

The woman was able to escape, uninjured, from the car in Ulsterville Avenue. However, she was badly shaken.