Man arrested in UK over human remains found in discarded suitcase

LONDON – British police said Saturday they had arrested a man in connection with the deaths of two men whose remains were found in two suitcases in southwest England.

The Metropolitan Police said armed officers arrested a 24-year-old suspect at a Bristol train station early Saturday.

Police also said that more human remains were found the previous day at an address in Shepherd’s Bush, west London. These are believed to be linked to the remains found in the suitcases dumped near the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol on Wednesday.

The suspect “will be taken to London later today for questioning,” police said in a statement. “Full enquiries are ongoing, however police are not currently seeking anyone else in connection with the incident.”

Police were called to the famous bridge around midnight on Wednesday, ten minutes after being informed of a man behaving strangely. But the man who had taken the taxi there had already disappeared. Police said the taxi had been impounded and its driver was assisting officers with the investigation.

The victims have not yet been officially identified, but both are believed to be adults. An autopsy was deemed “inconclusive” while a second autopsy is pending.