At 11.57pm yesterday (Wed 10 July) we acquired a report of a person with a suitcase appearing suspiciously on Clifton Suspension Bridge.

Officers arrived on the bridge inside 10 minutes, however the man had already left the realm, leaving the suitcase behind. A second suitcase was positioned close by a short while later.

Sadly, it’s believed the suitcases comprise human stays.

Our Main Crime Investigation Staff has launched an investigation. Finding the person who left the suitcases and figuring out the deceased are our priorities.

Appearing Bristol Commander Vicks Hayward-Melen stated: “It is a very disturbing incident and I totally recognise the priority will probably be inflicting our communities.

”The investigation is being led by our Main Crime Investigation Staff and entails specialist officers from throughout our organisation.

“Our rapid precedence is to find the person who took the suitcases to the bridge, determine the deceased, and inform their subsequent of kin.”

She added: “A search of the realm was carried out on the bottom with the assist of the Nationwide Police Air Service and HM Coastguard after the invention. These searches stay ongoing.

”Preliminary enquiries have established the person was taken to the bridge in a taxi. This automobile has been seized and the driving force helps us with our enquiries.

”Specialist crime scene investigators are at the moment analyzing the bridge and surrounding space and the bridge will stay closed whereas these enquiries are performed.

”A forensic postmortem examination will happen later at present.

”There may be at the moment an elevated police presence within the space and anybody who has considerations is inspired to talk to an officer.”

When you have any info which might assist our investigation, please name 101 and quote reference quantity 5224180010.