A BODY has been pulled from a canal next to a popular city centre music arena.
Emergency services were called to Castlefield Bowl, in , at around 5pm today after a body was found in the water.
Greater Manchester cordoned off the area while investigations continue this evening.
No further information about the body has been released.
A local witness told the M.E.N: “It was one of the boaters who called the police.
“She saw what she thought was a coat floating in the water.
“She came back later on and it had resurfaced from under the boats.”;
The resident said members of the public were then evacuated from the area by emergency services.
A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said: “At around 5.10pm today, emergency services were called to reports of a body in the canal close to Liverpool Road, Manchester.
“Officers attended and sadly, a body was subsequently recovered from the water.
“Enquiries are currently ongoing.”;
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