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Body found in scrub near Melbourne shopping centre

A body has been found in bushes next to a shopping centre in Melbourne’s northeast.

Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the body in Bundoora about 7am on Wednesday.

Police have been told passers-by came across the body, which is yet to be formally identified, in scrub next to Polaris Town Centre shopping centre on Main Drive near Plenty Road.

Police cordon off the area of bushes where the body was found at Polaris Shopping Centre. Source: AAP
Police cordon off the area of bushes where the body was found at Polaris Shopping Centre. Source: AAP
Officers stand outside the shopping centre on Wednesday. Source: AAP
Officers stand outside the shopping centre on Wednesday. Source: AAP

The death is being treated as suspicious.

Police are yet to reveal the gender of the body.

Anyone with any information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

An emergency service vehicle at the scene in Bundoora. Source: AAP
An emergency service vehicle at the scene in Bundoora. Source: AAP