Disturbing images and clips shared on social media in the aftermath claimed to show a 'severed head' on the street following the incident - and one top police boss has now urged members of the public to report them and not to share them with others.

A pensioner has died after being struck by a single decker bus amid reports of a severed head being found in the street.

Police in Edinburgh have confirmed that an elderly man died in a road traffic incident following reports that a “severed head” was found in the city centre on Saturday evening. Officers reportedly swooped on the Cowgate area after a 74-year-old pedestrian was struck by a bus.

POLICE have locked down Edinburgh’s Cowgate amid reports a severed head and body have been found after a horror road crash. Pictures and videos seen by the Scottish Sun appear to show the

Police in Edinburgh are investigating reports that a “severed head” was found in the city centre on Saturday evening.

Police cordoned off an Edinburgh party district amid reports of a severed head being found in the street. Officers in the Scottish capital set up two forensic tents in the Cowgate area of the city on Saturday evening and confirmed they were responding to a “serious road traffic collision”.