Man wanted after remains found in suitcases on bridge

Police have released two images of a man they are searching for after two suitcases containing human remains were found on Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol.

- AMY-CLARE MARTIN

Avon and Somerset Police said they are still trying to identify the bearded man wearing a black cap in the pictures issued to the media yesterday afternoon.

The forced launched a manhunt after officers were called to reports of a man seen acting suspiciously at the bridge at 11.57pm on Wednesday.

Officers arrived within 10 minutes but the man had already left, leaving a suitcase behind. A second suitcase was located a short while later.

Both were found to contain human remains.

Speaking from the bridge, acting Bristol commander Vicks Hayward-Melen said: “This is a very disturbing incident and I fully recognise the concern it will be causing our communities.”

She said the force’s “immediate priority” was to locate the man and identify the human remains, with a post-mortem examination still to be completed.