Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron today confirmed a third citizen had died in the terror attack in London, after police searching for a missing Frenchman found a body in the River Thames.
"We received confirmation of the new toll this morning. There are three deaths and eight injuries on the French side," Mr Macron said, deploring the "heavy toll these attacks have taken on us".
London police said earlier they had recovered a body from the river in their search for Xavier Thomas, a 45-year-old missing since the weekend attack.
"Formal identification has not yet taken place, however Thomas' next of kin have been informed of this development," the police said.
If the body is identified as his, he would be an eighth victim.
Police had issued an appeal for information about Thomas yesterday, saying he and his girlfriend were walking over the bridge when the attack started and that he might have been struck by the van and thrown into the river.
"We received confirmation of the new toll this morning. There are three deaths and eight injuries on the French side," Mr Macron said, deploring the "heavy toll these attacks have taken on us".
London police said earlier they had recovered a body from the river in their search for Xavier Thomas, a 45-year-old missing since the weekend attack.
"Formal identification has not yet taken place, however Thomas' next of kin have been informed of this development," the police said.
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If the body is identified as his, he would be an eighth victim.
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Police had issued an appeal for information about Thomas yesterday, saying he and his girlfriend were walking over the bridge when the attack started and that he might have been struck by the van and thrown into the river.
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