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Police Scotland has confirmed the death of a 74-year-old man who was struck by a single-decker bus on Cowgate in Edinburgh, on Saturday evening (2nd November). An eyewitness told The Edinburgh Tab that a head had been found “decapitated” on the ground of the city’s party district.

POLICE have locked down Edinburgh’s Cowgate amid reports a severed head and body have been found after a horror road crash. Pictures and videos seen by the Scottish Sun appear to show the

Emergency services were called to the Cowgate area in Edinburgh on Saturday evening following reports of a collision.

A man has reportedly been found “decapitated” on the streets of Cowgate, following eyewitness accounts from an Edinburgh University student. Officers were called to the scene at around 7:30pm on Saturday the 2nd of November.

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Police have been dispatched to Edinburgh's Cowgate area following an incident where a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle, amidst circulating reports of a "severed head" discovered on the street. The capital's officers reported to the scene of a critical road collision at 7.

Hundreds of revellers were told to leave pubs and bars along the city's Cowgate street last night before forensic officers arrived.

Police Scotland issued an update on the incidents in the capital last night.