Human remains found in NSW Blue Mountains

Human bones have been found in dense bushland in the NSW Blue Mountains.

A bushwalker stumbled upon the remains while hiking near Blackheath on Wednesday.

The bones were yet to be identified but officers were not treating the death as suspicious, NSW Police said in a statement on Friday.

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