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Investigation after body found in city river

Hayley CoyleYorkshire
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The area around Crown Point Bridge was closed off on Thursday afternoon

Police are investigating after a man's body was pulled from the River Aire in Leeds city centre.

Officers were called at around 16:50 BST on Thursday to reports of the man in the water near Crown Point Bridge. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The area around the bridge was closed while West Yorkshire Police investigated. It has since reopened.

The force added that the cause of the man's death was "unexplained" and Leeds CID was carrying out inquiries.

News imageBBC/Steve Jones Emergency vehicles are parked along a city street outside modern brick apartment buildings. A large yellow vehicle labelled “Incident Response Unit” is positioned beside two police cars with high-visibility markings. Part of an ambulance is visible in the foreground, and scaffolding can be seen on one of the nearby buildings.BBC/Steve Jones
A number of emergency services vehicles and crews attended

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