A human body part was found on Sunday afternoon in the Rivière-des-Prairies in the Montréal-Nord borough.

Radio-Canada has since confirmed that it was a man's head.

After a 911 call at around 3 p.m., Montreal police spokesperson Julien Lévesque said that officers discovered an "inert part of a human body" on the banks of the river near Drapeau Avenue, close to the Pie-IX Bridge.

A security perimeter was set up on Sunday and a team of investigators was deployed, said Lévesque.

The circumstances surrounding the man's death are still unknown and his identity has not been released by Montreal police.

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