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28/01/2008
Welsh Police Recover Body From Tawe
A body has been recovered by police searching for a man who was last seen jumping from a bridge into a river.
He was observed going into the River Tawe at Quay Parade in Swansea.
The body has been taken to the city's Singleton Hospital for formal identification but police say they are not treating the death as suspicious.
Rescuers spent the night searching for the man after he was seen going into the water around 11pm on Sunday.
The body was found approximately 15m downstream of the bridge.
Officers from the South Wales Police Specialist Search and Recovery Team made the discovery.
Coastguards, fire crews and a helicopter from RAF Chivenor in Devon took part in the overnight search and the area where he went into the water was cordoned off.
(BMcC)
He was observed going into the River Tawe at Quay Parade in Swansea.
The body has been taken to the city's Singleton Hospital for formal identification but police say they are not treating the death as suspicious.
Rescuers spent the night searching for the man after he was seen going into the water around 11pm on Sunday.
The body was found approximately 15m downstream of the bridge.
Officers from the South Wales Police Specialist Search and Recovery Team made the discovery.
Coastguards, fire crews and a helicopter from RAF Chivenor in Devon took part in the overnight search and the area where he went into the water was cordoned off.
(BMcC)
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