Foot washes up on Vancouver beach

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A mystery foot has washed up on the shores of Canada's pacific coast province of British Columbia - the seventh in the last two years.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cpl Annie Linteau says the remains of a right foot were found in a white Nike running shoe on Tuesday night along the Fraser River in Richmond, just south of Vancouver.

A forensic autopsy has confirmed the remains are human and efforts are being made to identify the person the foot belonged to.

Of the six other feet found in various locations on the British Columbia south coast since August 2007, only one has been identified as belonging to a man believed to have committed suicide.

The other feet include a female pair, a male pair and a male right foot.

- AP