A person has died whereas in police custody in a Scots city this afternoon.
Officers have launched an investigation after a 49-year-old man handed away at Kirkcaldy Police Station.
The deceased's subsequent of kin have been knowledgeable.
Cops say they'll now co-operate with a Police Investigations and Assessment Commissioner probe into the loss of life.
The 49-year-old is known to be the third individual to die in police custody within the Fife city within the final seven years.
Sheku Bayoh died in 2015 after being restrained by as much as 9 officers in Kirkcaldy.
Bayoh's loss of life sparked controversy and an impartial authorities inquiry following a police investigation.
In September 2020, Marc Hamilton, 36, was discovered useless in his cell by officers on the Kirkcaldy station.
Hamilton, from Kirkcaldy, was arrested and charged following a stabbing within the Dunearn Drive space of the city yesterday.
The information of the most recent loss of life comes on the day of a preliminary listening to into the loss of life of Bayoh in Edinburgh.
Earlier at this time Bayoh's household reacted with fury over a proposed ban on prosecuting officers utilizing proof they provide at a public inquiry in his loss of life.
A Police Scotland spokesperson stated: "Police Scotland can verify that a 49-year-old male has died whereas in custody at Kirkcaldy Police Station.
"The deceased's subsequent of kin have been knowledgeable.
"The Police Investigations and Assessment Commissioner is endeavor a Crown directed investigation into the circumstances and we are going to totally help the PIRC with its enquiries.”
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