A body was found in Portland Basin, Ashton-Under-Lyne (Picture: MEN)

Fears a serial killer is on the loose in the Greater Manchester area have increased after another body was retrieved from a canal.

The white male, in his 40s or 50s, could apparently be the latest victim of the ‘The Pusher’, with 28 previous deaths on the waterways in the city still unexplained.

His body was found at approximately 8.30am yesterday morning in Portland Basin, Ashton-Under-Lyne.

Greater Manchester Police have not yet established a cause of death.


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The death is being investigated (Picture: MEN)

Over the past seven years 85 people have been found, with most of their deaths eventually explained.



But some of the families of the deceased think there could be a serial killer on the loose, according to Mail Online.

The Pusher apparently murders people by shoving them into the cold waters of the Manchester canals.

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