Murder detectives arrest suspect, 33, on railway line after man is found dead in house four miles away
- A male victim was discovered in a terraced home in Birmingham this morning
- Police officers arrested a 33-year-old man 90 minutes later on a railway line
- A nonplussed neighbour said ‘It doesn’t shock me, it’s normal life here’
A suspect was arrested on train tracks just a few miles from where a dead body was found in a Birmingham home.
The male victim was found in a terraced house in Handsworth at about 9am today.
And 90 minutes later officers arrested a 33-year-old man on a railway line about four miles away in West Bromwich.
Six police cars, two ambulances and forensic teams were seen at the property.
The male victim was found dead in a Birmingham home this morning, making an arrest 90 minutes later
Police stand guard outside the home as detectives work to identify the male victim
One resident said of the grisly find: ‘It doesn’t shock me, it’s normal life around here.’
A spokesman for West Midlands Police said murder detectives are working to identify the victim.
He added: ‘We’ve arrested a man on suspicion of murder after the discovery of a body at a house in Handsworth today.
A resident shrugged off the find on Birmingham this morning, describing it ‘normal life’ for their neighbourhood
‘Officers were called to Holly Road at around 9am and found the body of a man who had been badly injured.
‘At around 10.30am, a 33-year-old suspect was arrested a few miles away on train tracks near Wigmore Lane in West Bromwich.
‘Detectives are trying to identify the man who has died.
‘Anyone with information has been asked to get in touch via Live Chat at west-midlands.police.uk, quoting log 810 of 7 February.’