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Death of man being treated as suspicious

Ben Parker/BBC A police car and police forensic van are parked at the side of Hawthorn Drive. Houses can be seen to the left of them with other vehicles parked on a grass verge.Ben Parker/BBC
Police were still at the scene in Hawthorn Drive in Ipswich on Thursday

The death of a man whose body was found in a home is being treated as suspicious by police.

Suffolk Police was called to an address in Hawthorn Drive, Ipswich, shortly before 18:00 GMT on Wednesday.

The man in his 60s was found dead within the property and his death was being treated as unexplained.

A police cordon remained in Hawthorn Drive near to the junction with Marigold Avenue as the investigation continued.

Ben Parker/BBC A forensic officer dressed in a white suit with a white hair net is pictured leaning over looking at something toward the ground in the side garden of a home which is behind a brick wall with an open fence door.Ben Parker/BBC
Forensic officers were investigating a property in the area

A Home Office post-mortem examination was expected to take place in due course.

Officers appealed for anyone with information or who saw any suspicious activity near the address between 24 December and Wednesday.

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