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Jon Hebditch

Man tragically dies after plunging from window in Edinburgh city centre

A man has died after plunging three stories from a window in Edinburgh city centre.

Cops were called to alerts of a person falling from a third storey window on the capital's Lauriston Gardens at around 7.15am on Tuesday June 1.

When officers arrived they pronounced a man dead at the scene.

The man's age or identity is not known at this time.

Police have since launched an investigation to establish the full circumstances surround the incident.

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "We received a report that a man had fallen from a third storey window on Lauriston Gardens, Edinburgh, around 7.15am on Tuesday, 1 June.

"The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

"Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances of the incident."

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