Four bodies found floating in famous river as police admit 'there's a lot of questions'
Four bodies were found floating in a famous river with police admitting "there's a lot of questions."
A witness alerted authorities after spotting a body floating in the Seine near Choisy-le-Roi, a Paris suburb, on Wednesday, August 13 local news outlets reported. It was later found there were four bodies in the stretch of river.
A police source told French media a body was found submerged before a second body was spotted floating at the edge of the quay. Another two bodies, one stuck in branches and a fourth drifting in the currents, were located.
All bodies that were recovered were found to be men. Three were found fully clothed while another was partially clothed.
Three of the men were of African descent and a fourth was of North African descent and are believed to have been in the river for numerous days. Their bodies were later taken in order for autopsies to be carried out.
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 link be established, it would be due to the flow of the river that could explain why they all appeared at the same location. The mayor's chief of staff Bertrand Guillerm said the bodies could have drifted under during a high flow.
Choisy police have been tasked with solving the case. It comes after bodies were recovered from the sea at popular beaches in England.
A man in his 30s died after he was pulled from a beach in Skegness just days after a woman died at the same resort. Emergency services raced to the beach in Skegness, Lincolnshire, at about 6pm on Tuesday after the HM Coastguard said he had been rescued from the sea. Lincolnshire Police later said the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
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