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In water - A stand-up paddler discovered a corpse in the lake.}

A stand-up paddler discovered a corpse in a lake in Weyhe (Landkreis Diepholz). Divers retrieved the body of the man, as the police reported. The corpse was reportedly drifting towards the Weser. Response teams retrieved the lifeless body from the water before it could be carried away by a boat. The identity of the man was unclear, according to a police spokesperson. The background circumstances also needed to be determined.

The emergency services were alerted about the drifting corpse in the lake, located in Lower Saxony's Weyhe. Despite efforts to lower the risk, the man's body was discovered near the Weser river.

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