Manhunt after remains found in suitcases near Clifton Suspension ...

Acting Bristol Commander Vicks Hayward-Melen said: “Our immediate priority is to locate the man who took the suitcases to the bridge, identify the deceased, and inform their next of kin.

“Specialist officers are ready to provide them with any support they need.”

She added that a post-mortem examination would take place later on Thursday.

Reece Wright, a 20-year-old University of Bristol student, saw some of the commotion on the bridge last night.

He said it was a "frightening experience". He described seeing suitcases left on the bridge while a cyclist chased someone, thought to be the suspect, off.

"It was all very unexpected. I was trying to rationalise it.

"I thought someone had had a fight and then saw the suitcase and thought it was weird.

"We kept on walking across through the Leigh Woods part towards Burwalls when we saw another suitcase, a silver one."