Police are treating the death of a woman whose body was found in a Glasgow flat as suspicious.
The body of a 67-year-old woman was found within a flat on West Princes Street in the Woodlands area of the city at around 4pm on Tuesday.
Detectives from Police Scotland's Major Investigation Team are urging anyone with information to get in touch as they launched an extensive investigation.
A post mortem will be carried out in due course to establish the cause of death.
Lines of enquiry are currently underway to formally identify the woman.
Officers are currently working to establish the circumstances leading up to the woman being found dead and have said it is "imperative" to trace the person responsible as soon as possible.
Detective Superintendent Suzie Chow, of Police Scotland’s Major Investigation Teams and senior investigating officer said: "Whilst we are at the early stages of the investigation into this suspicious death, we are following up a number of lines of enquiry and I would ask anyone who has any information that could assist with our investigation to please get in touch.
"It is imperative that we trace whoever is responsible for this woman's death as soon as possible.
"The area of West Princes Street is very residential and we are sure that there will be people who may have witnessed something untoward in the lead up to the discovery of the woman's body yesterday.
"If you have any information, no matter how insignificant it might seem to you, please contact us as soon as possible."
Superintendent Ross Allan of Greater Glasgow Police Division, added: "This is a very distressing incident and we understand that the local community will be extremely shocked and concerned about this, but I would like to take this opportunity to reassure them that we have a team of officers working alongside our detective colleagues to trace whoever is responsible for this crime.
"Additional officers will be in and around the local community of Woodlands and I would encourage anyone with any concerns or any information to approach these officers.
Anyone with any information is being urged to contact police via 101, quoting reference number 2559 of Tuesday, 1 June.
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