Cemetery closed after mystery discovery as police swarm street

Police are patrolling a cemetery connected the outskirts of Manchester. (Image: MEN Media)

Police swarmed a cemetery connected the outskirts of Manchester aft children playing determination came crossed "skulls and different bones", according to reports.

Greater Manchester Police maintained a beingness astatine the Dukinfield Cemetery connected the outskirts of Manchester today, September 15, pursuing the unusual find connected Saturday night, arsenic inquiries continued, Tameside Correspondent reports.

Several Greater Manchester Police vehicles attended Tower Street, adjacent the cemetery, which was closed overnight but reopened to the nationalist today, with officers continuing to patrol the area.

This afternoon, the unit revealed that they had recovered suspected quality remains from a historical gravesite they judge was disturbed by "wildlife", whilst emphasising that it was not a transgression investigation.

It is thought constabulary volition stay astatine the country until the remains are released by the coroner.

Police remained successful the country connected Sunday morning, according to reports. (Image: MEN Media)

A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police aboriginal revealed that the unit had been "responding to an incidental connected Park Road successful Dukinfield, Tameside, wherever suspected quality remains were found".

They added: "Our investigations person been concluded and it has been determined that determination is nary criminality and the remains that were recovered are from a humanities burial tract that had been disturbed by wildlife.

"We stay astatine the country to assistance the section authority, and immoderate accusation tin beryllium directed to Tameside Council."

Detective Inspector Christoper Dean, from GMP's Tameside district, added: “I would similar to convey the wide nationalist and the section assemblage for their patience and knowing portion we carried retired our investigations successful Dukinfield this greeting and into the afternoon."

He reiterated that nary criminality had occurred and that the unit "will proceed to assistance them with country management".

The section assembly confirmed wildlife was to beryllium blamed for the incident. 

A Tameside Council Spokesperson said: “The historical burial tract was unluckily disturbed by wildlife successful the area. The tract volition beryllium kept unafraid arsenic we marque the due arrangements to sensitively instrumentality the remains to their resting spot and reconstruct the land.

“We would similar to convey Greater Manchester Police for their swift probe and support.”