Shortly before 2.45pm today (Saturday 29 October), a member of the public
alerted an on-duty police officer that they had seen a body on the bank of
the River Avon near Bedminster Bridge, in Bristol.
Police, ambulance and the fire service attended. The fire service has this
afternoon recovered a body and sadly the individual was pronounced deceased
at the scene.
Formal identification has not yet taken place.
However, the body matches the description of 54-year-old Bakar who was
reported missing from St Anne’s earlier this week. We have made contact
with Bakar’s family this evening to make them aware. We will continue to
update and support them.
Enquiries will be carried out on behalf of the coroner. At this time there
are no known suspicious circumstances.
alerted an on-duty police officer that they had seen a body on the bank of
the River Avon near Bedminster Bridge, in Bristol.
Police, ambulance and the fire service attended. The fire service has this
afternoon recovered a body and sadly the individual was pronounced deceased
at the scene.
Formal identification has not yet taken place.
However, the body matches the description of 54-year-old Bakar who was
reported missing from St Anne’s earlier this week. We have made contact
with Bakar’s family this evening to make them aware. We will continue to
update and support them.
Enquiries will be carried out on behalf of the coroner. At this time there
are no known suspicious circumstances.
