On Friday in Riga, rescuers retrieved the body of a deceased person from the Daugava River. The circumstances of the incident are to be determined by the police.
In Riga on Friday, employees of the State Fire and Rescue Service retrieved the body of a deceased person from the Daugava River. After the rescue operation was completed, the body was handed over to the State Police, which will continue to investigate the circumstances of the incident.
Information about the identity of the deceased and the causes of death has not yet been disclosed.
Such cases are regularly investigated by law enforcement agencies, which will need to determine whether it was an accident, an incident on the water, or other circumstances.
At this time, rescue services have not reported any other victims or additional emergencies related to this incident.
The State Fire and Rescue Service also reported that over the past 24 hours, they received 55 calls. Of these, 11 were related to fire extinguishing, including two forest fires, 26 were related to rescue operations, and another 18 calls turned out to be false.
In the last 24 hours, no fires have been registered in Latvia in which people were killed, injured, or rescued.
