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A murder investigation has been launched after a man was found dead in a city centre flat.

Officers were called to the apartment after paramedics found the man unresponsive.

He was confirmed dead at the scene in Linfield Road, Stoke-on-Trent, at around 9.30pm last night (November 12).

A cordon was put in place in the are as detectives began their inquires. At a nearby street, a phone box was found wrapped in blue sheeting as part of a forensic examination of the area.

Staffordshire Police are also working to trace the man's relatives, reports StokeonTrentLive.

Meanwhile, a 56-year-old man, of Stoke-on-Trent, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and has been taken into custody for questioning.

A force spokesman said: "We were called to a flat on Linfield Road, Hanley,

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