Hong Kong police search for missing head of dismembered body found in Mid-Levels

Hong Kong police are searching for the head of a dismembered body during a black rainstorm warning, which was discovered in the city’s upscale Mid-Levels neighbourhood.

The force said that it received a report at 7.05am on Tuesday from a passerby who claimed to have spotted a “human-shaped object” near 45 Kennedy Road.

The body, found under a tree, was missing its head and one leg.

Officers later discovered the leg across the road outside St Francis’ Canossian College and partially closed off parts of Kennedy Road to look for the head.

Police did not reveal the gender of the deceased, saying investigations were under way amid heavy showers.

Kennedy Road is home to luxury residential complexes and colonial-era apartments.