Body recovered from Lagan

Divers searching for a man who went into the River Lagan in Belfast early yesterday morning have recovered a body.

Divers searching for a man who went into the River Lagan in Belfast early yesterday morning have recovered a body.

The body has been taken from the water ahead of formal identification and a post mortem examination is to be carried out.

Four other men taken from the water at the same time were yesterday treated at Belfast City Hospital.

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