Body of migrant who tried to swim to Hungary found in Tisza river

Budapest (MTI) – Police on Friday found the body of a migrant who earlier this week attempted to cross into Hungary by swimming up a dead branch of the Tisza river.

Police patrolling the section of the Tisza on the Hungarian-Serbian border noticed on Wednesday two migrants swimming up one of the river’s dead branches, a spokesman for the Csongrád county police department said.

The migrants quickly turned back when they became aware of the police presence. Police only saw one of them reach the Vojvodina shore and immediately alerted Serbian authorities of the missing migrant who then started searching for him.

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Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters