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In Brief: Body found

Body found

Detectives have launched a murder hunt in the heart of Edinburgh's Festival Centre after the decomposing body of a young woman was found in a drain. Workmen made the find after residents complained of smells. Police said they were treating the death as suspicious and a post-mortem examination was being carried out.

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