Police have confirmed human bones have been found on a Devon beach.

The grim discovery was made on Saturday, October 11. Devon and Cornwall Police say officers were called to the beach at around 2.50pm, to reports of human bones being discovered.

DevonLive reports that investigations are now underway and the bones will be examined by a forensic archaeologist to assess how old they are.

Officers remain at the beach today (Monday, October 13) while enquiries are carried out. It comes after a human bone was found inside a bag in Brixham last week, as reported by DevonLive.

A spokesperson from Devon and Cornwall Police said: "Officers were called at 2.50pm on Saturday 11 October following the discovery of human bones at Saunton Sands beach.

"A scene guard remains in place while the it

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