Boy's body found
Updated 11.09 Mon Jul 28 2008
The body of a ten-year-old boy who was swept away while playing on mud flats by the River Severn has been recovered.
The boy was last seen playing on mud flats on the bank of the river near Arlingham in Gloucestershire, which is on a peninsula 13 miles south of Gloucester.
"It appears to be some kind of tragedy rather than a deliberate act" - Gloucestershire Police spokesman
He was last seen shortly after 8pm Sunday and coastguards, the police, fire service and Severn Area Rescue Association, assisted by the police helicopter, searched into the early hours.
A Gloucestershire Police spokesman had said the accident appeared to "be some kind of tragedy rather than a deliberate act."
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