14-year-old boy dies after getting into difficulty in a canal in Leeds

A 14-year-old boy has died after getting into difficulty in a canal over the Easter weekend.

Police were called to a stretch of water in the Stourton area of Leeds on Saturday afternoon.

Emergency services searched the canal and later pulled the teenager from the water.

A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said: "At 4.32pm on Saturday, police received a concern for safety report for a male in the canal by Thwaite Lane, Leeds.

"Emergency services attended and recovered a teenage male from the water."

The spokesman added: "He received medical attention at the scene, but was sadly pronounced deceased a short time later.

Police are not treating his death as suspicious.

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