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Dismembered body parts in Bangkok canals spark murder investigation

Rescue workers wrap up a human torso found floating in Bangkok Noi canal in the capital on Wednesday. Other dismembered body parts, including a woman’s head, were found later. (Photo supplied)

The discovery of dismembered human body parts, including a woman’s head, in Klong Bangkok Noi and Klong Bangkok Yai has sparked a murder investigation.

Pol Lt Gen Samran Nuanma, commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, said on Wednesday that the dismembered body parts belonged to the same person — probably a woman because of the presence of jewellery, long hair, painted nails and teeth braces.

However, police had not yet ruled out the possibility that those dismembered parts belonged to a transgender person.

The age and the nationality had yet to be determined, said the city police chief, although tattoos on…

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