A BODY has been pulled from a canal next to a popular city centre music arena.
Emergency services were called to Castlefield Bowl, in Manchester, at around 5pm today after a body was found in the water.
Greater Manchester Police 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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