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Lyudmila Turkova, 27, had been missing for six days after going out to 'meet friends' at a nightclub in Belgrade, Serbia, before her body was found in a suitcase

A missing model has been found dead inside a suitcase after vanishing on holiday in Serbia.

Lyudmila Turkova, 27, had been missing for six days after going out to "meet friends" at a nightclub in Belgrave.

Her body was found in a suitcase that was dumped in the Vizelj canal and spotted by locals who called the police.

A Turkish man identified only as 25-year-old K.E. was detained today at Belgrade's Nikola Tesla Airport seeking to leave Serbia. He is the main murder suspect.

Ms Turkova's remains were located in the water by a police dog.

Officers did not disclose how she was killed.

A local report said: "The body has been sent to the Institute of Forensic Medicine, where [...] the cause of her death will be determined after an autopsy."

A missing persons appeal described Turkova as 5ft 1inch tall with long blonde hair, a nose piercing and several tattoos, including two snakes on the front of her left thigh, a large calligraphic design on her right lower leg, and Japanese-style tattoos on her shoulders.

She was from St Petersburg, Russia, and had worked as a promoter, bartender and body-art model.

Turkova had planned to stay in Belgrade for two weeks but vanished on July 25.

The tourist was last heard from after 11pm before her phone became unreachable.

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