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| The body of an 11-year-old boy has been recovered from a pond near a canal in Greater Manchester. | |
| Bolton Mountain Rescue team found the child's body in the muddy waters by Barton embankment near the Trafford Centre just after 2000 BST on Tuesday. | |
| It is believed the boy, from Salford, had been playing with three friends before falling in the 10ft (3m) pond. | |
| Geoff Seddon, of the mountain rescue team, said: "It was a tragic but rare incident." | |
| Police officers and firefighters also conducted extensive searches of the area, after receiving the call at 1800 BST. | |
| "We normally attend incidents like these about once or twice a year. | |
| Police officers, firefighters and mountain rescue carried out searches | |
| "It is dangerous to swim in open water unsupervised, but there are thousands of children every year jumping into lakes and reservoirs. | |
| "They don't think they are going to die because they have seen friends do it so they think they're going to be OK. | |
| "I am not sure of the circumstances surrounding this incident, we don't know whether they were wading, swimming or walking round the water," Mr Seddon added. | |
| Police have confirmed that an investigation is under way, but are not treating the death as suspicious. |