Hong Kong police investigate mangled body found on street, search for missing body parts
A 54-year-old foreign male living on Kennedy Road, an affluent part of the Wan Chai neighbourhood, was found dead under a tree outside his home just after 7am today, according to police.
The case was reported by a cleaner at the same address.
'Following preliminary investigation, it is believed that the subject fell from a flat at the address,' police said, adding a note written by the deceased had been recovered.
The cause of death remains to be determined by autopsy.
Uniformed officers were spotted combing the street during a torrential downpour to search for the man's head and left leg, local media earlier reported.
The leg was later found across the road in front of a high school, while the man's head was suspected to be pushed into his body, newspaper Sing Tao Daily reported, citing sources at the scene. — AFP
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