A piece of human spine, initially taken for the remains of a foot, was found on the beach of Fécamp (Seine-Maritime) and an investigation was opened, we learned Sunday, November 27 from a police source.
The macabre discovery was made on Saturday November 26 by a walker, alerted by the ballet of seabirds "
around this part of the body
" and who warned the emergency services, this source told AFP.
The bones were initially taken for a human foot, the discovery of which was reported by local media, but "
it is in fact a part of the spine
", specifies the police source.
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An investigation into the cause of death has been opened.
The elements that the investigations will be able to establish will be crossed with the files of the missing persons but the identification promises to be difficult, adds the same source.
