Armed police arrest man after human remains found in suitcases at Bristol’s Clifton Suspension Bridge

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A man has been arrested in Bristol after human remains were discovered in two suitcases by Clifton Suspension Bridge. open image in gallery Forensic officers in Shepherd's Bush, west London on Saturday, after human remains were found in two suitcases near the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol. Witnesses who saw the suitcases near Clifton Suspension Bridge described them as “tatty”, with one woman saying she saw one of the pieces of luggage “leaking blood”. Giles Malone, 61, said he recalled the woman saying: “These are the heaviest suitcases that I have ever lifted I suppose there could be a body in there.” He described the suitcases as “real tatty, really beaten up and had straps around them like in a criss-cross.” open image in gallery Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol near where the suitcases were found He added: “They were maxxed out, it was like they were bursting at the seams.” Another man, 36, was arrested in Greenwich, south London in connection with the discovery on Friday but they have since been released without charge.