Tragedy as body of boy, 12, is pulled from river after police divers scour water for hours

THE body of a 12-year-old boy was pulled from a river following a desperate search by divers. Emergency crews were called to reports of a person in the water near Hackney Marshes shortly after 6pm on Saturday. The London Fire Brigade joined Metropolitan Police officers in a desperate search of the River Lea. But after.

Police divers have recovered the body of a 12-year-old boy following reports of person in the River Lea near Hackney Marshes, north-east London