After an eight day search for the missing teenager, which involved numerous firefighters, police marine divers, the RNLI and a helicopter, police have confirmed that a body has now been found.
While formal identification of the body has not taken place, officers believe that the body belongs to that of the missing teenager. Police have said that the boy s parents have been informed.
A spokesperson for City of London Police 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.
Police find body of missing schoolboy who fell from Tower Bridge
The boy had been missing since falling into the River Thames last week
An aerial view of the River Thames (Image: Tom Shaw/Getty Images)
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Police have found the body of a schoolboy who fell into the River Thames in London.
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image captionPolice carried out an intensive search after the boy was reported to have fallen off Tower Bridge
A body has been discovered in the search for a 13-year-old schoolboy who fell in the River Thames more than a week ago.
The Year 8 pupil was in his school uniform on his way to Ark Globe Academy in Southwark when he fell from Tower Bridge on 20 April.
The City of London Police force, which has been leading the search, confirmed that a body was found on Wednesday.
It was found near the Rotherhithe Tunnel, the City of London Police said.
Boy, 13, found dead after falling into River Thames on his way to school
The boy is believed to have been on his way to the Ark Globe Academy
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A RNLI search boat was out on the River Thames on Wednesday (April 28) (Image: David Nathan)
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