Four bodies found floating in famous river as police admit 'there's a lot of questions'
Four bodies were discovered floating in a renowned waterway with police acknowledging " there's a lot of questions."
A witness contacted authorities after spotting a body drifting in the Seine near Choisy-le-Roi, a Parisian suburb, on Wednesday, August 13 local news outlets reported. It was subsequently discovered there were four bodies in that section of waterway.
A police source told French media a body was discovered submerged before a second body was seen floating at the water's edge. Another two bodies, one caught in branches and a fourth carried by the current, were located.
All bodies that were retrieved were discovered to be men. Three were discovered fully clothed whilst another was partially clothed.
Three of the men were of African origin and a fourth was of North African origin and are thought to have been in the waterway for several days. Their bodies were subsequently removed so that post-mortems could be conducted, reports the Mirror.
A police source told BFMTV: "We're not used to this kind of incident. It's an act that raises a lot of questions. Was it criminal? Were these people drunk and didn't survive the heatwave? Did they go swimming or drown?"
Should no connection be established, it would be due to the current of the waterway that could explain why they all emerged at the same spot. The mayor's chief of staff Bertrand Guillerm said the bodies could have been carried downstream during a high flow.
Choisy police have been assigned to investigate the case. It comes after bodies were retrieved from the sea at popular beaches in England.
A man in his 30s tragically lost his life after being rescued from a beach in Skegness, just days following a woman's death at the same resort. Emergency services rushed to the Skegness beach in Lincolnshire around 6pm on Tuesday, following reports from the HM Coastguard that he had been pulled from the sea.
Lincolnshire Police later confirmed that the man was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.
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