Police have launched an investigation after a man was found dead in a block of flats in Dunfermline.
Officers in forensics suits have been seen searching an area at Beath View in the Touch area of the town.
A cordon was put in place on a footpath following the discovery of the man’s body on Monday afternoon.
It has since been removed but a police presence remains at the flat where the 53-year-old was found.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We were called around 1.20pm on Monday to a report of a concern for person in Beath View, Dunfermline.
“Officers attended and the body of 53-year-old man was found within.
“The death is being treated as unexplained and inquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances.”
One resident on nearby Mercer Place, who asked not to be identified, says he returned home from work at around 5.30pm on Monday to find the flats sealed off.
He said: “It was certainly a shock to see that level of police activity.
“Officers had taped off the whole of the block from the shops right down as far as the primary school.
“There was also a forensics team searching in the passageway which runs under the flats.
“No one seems to know exactly what has happened.”
Another resident says the incident has been the talk of the community.
She said: “People are understandably shocked given the amount of police activity that went on all afternoon and into the evening.
“Police were going from door to door and had officers knock at my door asking if I’d seen or heard anything, but they wouldn’t say what the incident was.
‘There’s been a lot of speculation’
“There’s a lot of speculation but nobody seems to know for certain just what happened.”
One passer-by says he saw items being put into an evidence bag by police on Monday night.
He said: “There was a section of the footpath cordoned off when I came past at 8pm.
“There were a few forensic officers in the cordon scouring the area and taking pictures.
“I saw items going in an evidence bag and they appeared to be focusing some of their attention around the entrance to one of the blocks.
“I know a few people that live here but they said they weren’t aware of anything happening prior to the cordon being put up.”
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