A murder investigation has been launched after an 82-year-old was found dead in the River Don.
South Yorkshire Police were called at 7.36am to the Mexborough area of Doncaster amid reports of a body being found in the River Don. The ambulance service also attended and an 82-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.
Two men aged 30 and 32 were arrested on suspicion of murder and they remain in custody at this time.
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A scene has been establish family on the scene and it stretches around one kilometre along the waterway to allow officers to investigation. This scene is expected to remain in place overnight.
Senior Investigation Officer, Detective Chief Inspector Tom Woodward, said: “We are now treating this investigation into this man’s death as a murder investigation.
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“Although we are in the very early stages, we have a team of detectives working hard to try and establish the circumstances around what happened earlier this morning.”
If you have any information, you can contact the police online or by calling 101. You can quote incident number 154 of July 25.