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A decapitated body has been found wrapped in a duvet in a back street in north-west London.A decapitated body has been found wrapped in a duvet in a back street in north-west London.
Police were called to Kingsgate Place in Kilburn on Wednesday morning after a member of the public discovered the body, believed to be that of a man. A member of the public made the gruesome find behind a row of shops at Kingsgate Place in Kilburn.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the investigation was now being led by murder detectives. The body had been left in a gold coloured cage similar to the type used by supermarkets to move stock.
He said inquiries were ongoing and the scene remained cordoned off. There have been no arrests. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the dead person is an adult male, but no head has been found and the victim has not been identified.
Police said they do not know how long the body had been there before it was found. He said inquiries, led by murder detectives, were ongoing and the scene remained cordoned off.
It was discovered behind a row of shops in a gold-coloured cage similar to the type used to move stock around retail outlets. There have been no arrests and police said they do not know how long the body had been in the cage before it was found.
A post-mortem examination is due to take place at St Pancras Mortuary on Thursday morning.A post-mortem examination is due to take place at St Pancras Mortuary on Thursday morning.