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Eleven Arrested After Body Found In Shed

Eleven Arrested After Body Found In Shed

Police have arrested 11 people on suspicion of murder after a man's body was found in a shed in Birmingham.

The man has not yet been formally identified, but is believed to be a 34-year-old from the Yardley area, who went missing on Thursday lunchtime.

His body was found in a shed at a home in Carlton Road, Bordesley Green, at around 11.30pm on Friday.

Officers are appealing for information from anyone who may have seen his car - a white Toyota Yaris registration FM64 PHU.

The car was found about a mile away in Adderley Road on Friday.

Detective Inspector Warren Hines said 11 people are being questioned - five men aged 45, 33, 28, 24 and 23, four women aged 50, 41, 25 and 19, and two 15-year-old boys.

"We are currently treating his death as suspicious and we took swift action to arrest 11 people at the scene - who we believe were known to the man - on suspicion of his murder," he said.

"Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this difficult time as we enter the very early stages of a murder inquiry."

A post-mortem examination will be held later.