Police find body in search for missing schoolboy who fell off Tower Bridge
He was said to have been travelling with a friend on a bus
The body of a schoolboy who fell off London's Tower Bridge and into the River Thames has been found.
Although formal identification has not taken place, City of London Police said it believed it had found the Year 8 Ark Globe Academy pupil who went missing last week.
He was said to have been travelling with a friend on a bus but did not arrive at the south London school.
The school's executive principal Matt Jones told parents in a letter that the boy was in full school uniform but exited near the bridge, before his usual stop closest to the school in Elephant and Castle.
He then fell into the River Thames, Mr Jones said.
City of London Police said in a statement: "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 20 April.
"His family have been informed but at this time formal identification has not yet taken place.''
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