Body found in search for boy, 13, who fell into River Thames on his way to school
The City of London Police force launched a huge search after the child fell from Tower Bridge in central London last week. He and a friend had got off a bus and didn t appear at Ark Globe Academy in south London
11:11, 29 APR 2021
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The child fell into the water from Tower Bridge in central London (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
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Body found in search for schoolboy who fell from Tower Bridge into River Thames
Although formal identification has not taken place, City of London Police said it believed it had found the Year 8 Ark Globe Academy pupil
29 April 2021 • 2:08pm
Although formal identification has not taken place, City of London Police said it believed it had found the Year 8 Ark Globe Academy pupil who went missing last week.
He was said to have been travelling with a friend on a bus but did not arrive at the south London school.
The school s executive principal Matt Jones told parents in a letter that the boy was in full school uniform but exited near the bridge, before his usual stop closest to the school in Elephant and Castle.
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The body of a 13-year-old schoolboy missing after falling into the River Thames last Tuesday has been found by police.
The Ark Globe Academy pupil failed to show up at the school in Elephant and Castle, Southwark on April 20.
A City of London Police spokesperson said: At around midday on Wednesday, April 28, a body was recovered from the River Thames by marine units which we believe to be that of a 13-year-old who has been missing since Tuesday April, 20. His family have been informed but at this time formal identification has not yet taken place.
A letter from the school principal, Matt Jones, told parents that the Year 8 pupil took a bus to school with his friend on Tuesday morning but got off at Tower Bridge, before his usual stop.
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