Police urge people to stay away from river as search for missing two-year-old continues

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Police have urged people to stay away from a river in Leicester as the search continues for a missing two-year-old boy. Specialist dive teams remain at the River Soar after the boy, who had been with his family, fell into the water in the Aylestone Meadows area, close to Marsden Lane, at around 5pm on Sunday.

A man who was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure has now been discharged, police said. Leicestershire Police assistant chief constable Michaela Kerr asked people to stay away from the scene due to rising water levels of the river. Try MEN Premium now for FREE...

just click here to give it a go. She said: "I would like to begin by extending my thoughts to the family, who we recognise must be going through a very distressing time at this particular moment.We do have specialist officers with that family and we are ensuring that we share any information and developments with them." "We have today reinforced our resources searching for that little boy.

We are using specialist divers within the River Soar and we continue to use the helicopter and aerial technology to try and locate the little boy." "Our priority for Leicestershire Police is to make sure that we find this little boy." Specialist teams were deployed to the area yesterday evening and the operation continued overnight.