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Manhunt after ‘human remains’ found in suitcase left on Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol

Manhunt after 'human remains' found in suitcase left on Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol

Police are hunting for a man who left a suitcase believed to contain human remains on Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol.

Officers were alerted to reports of a man seen acting suspiciously on the bridge just before midnight on Wednesday.

They arrived at the scene within 10 minutes – but the man had vanished, leaving the suitcase behind.

A second suitcase was found nearby a short time later, Avon and Somerset Police said.

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