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Police pull body from river in Fife as officers investigate ‘unexplained’ death of man

The body was recovered from the River Leven near to the Sapphire Paper Mill in Leslie.
The body was recovered from the River Leven near to the Sapphire Paper Mill in Leslie.

The body of a man has been pulled from a river in Fife.

The body was recovered from the River Leven in Leslie, near the Sapphire Paper Mill, at around 3pm on Saturday.

Police are now trying to establish the full circumstances surrounding the man’s death.

Member of the public performed CPR

A member of the public discovered the body, and reportedly battled to save the man by performing CPR, but he could not be revived.

Police say they are treating the death as unexplained.

The man’s identity has now been established following an initial appeal to find out who he was.

Police trying to establish circumstances

Detective Inspector Michael Lynch, of Glenrothes CID, said: “Now that we know who this man is, we now need to establish, the circumstances surrounding his death. If anyone has any information which could assist our inquiries, I would ask them to contact us.

“Anyone with information can contact Police Scotland via 101, quoting incident number 2136 of Saturday December 11.”