Missing 16-year-old found. Lifeless body in the Po River: "It's Nassar," clothes were key.

SPESSA PO (Pavia)

The search has concluded, sadly confirming the tragic outcome. The lifeless body of Nassar Abdelraham , a 16-year-old Egyptian resident of San Martino Siccomario , who had been missing in the Po River since Wednesday evening, was recovered yesterday. Firefighters confirmed yesterday afternoon that "the lifeless body of the boy who had been missing in the Po River for the past few days has been found." "The discovery," the firefighters' statement continues, "was made in the Spessa area by the river unit of the Pavia Fire Brigade, who have been operating continuously since the day of his disappearance, with the support of specialized teams from various commands."

It was around 1:00 PM when the firefighters' boat reached a tangle of branches in the middle of the river, near a bend near the Spessa Bridge, where what appeared to be, and was later confirmed to be, the body of a person was spotted. A helicopter was also deployed for the recovery, but the firefighters were able to reach the mid-river location with their boat and then recovered the body, taking it to the Search Command Center, which had remained set up at Becca. "Death," the firefighters confirmed, "was confirmed by the medical personnel who responded to the scene. The operations were carried out in coordination with the competent authorities." The Carabinieri responded to the scene and conducted identification checks. While awaiting formal identification, the clothing on the person was confirmed to be the 16-year-old. The body was then taken to the Institute of Forensic Medicine. The alarm was raised with a call to 112 shortly before 8:00 PM on Wednesday by the boy's father, an imam well-known to the Muslim faithful of the Pavia community. He was on the Becca beach with his two children, the younger one, 16, and the older one, 19. Only the younger one had approached the river, pulling up his pants to his knees and wading in the few centimeters of water close to the bank, slipping or stepping into a hole, dragged by the current that left him no escape.

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