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Saturday, November 23, 2024

Tragedy Strikes as Man Dies in Limmat

Published: 2024-09-15

In a tragic incident in Zurich, a man lost his life after jumping into the Limmat River on Sunday evening.

The Zurich city police reported that the man was reported missing shortly after 6:30 PM, prompting two passersby to jump into the river in an attempt to find him.

However, it was the divers from the water protection police who eventually recovered the man's body, by which time he was already deceased.

The exact circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear and are currently under investigation by the Zurich city police, the Institute of Forensic Medicine, and the public prosecutor's office.