Body found floating in Yarra River near entertainment precinct at South Wharf

Police say the body was found floating in water near shops and restaurants.

Georgina Noack
The Nightly
A body was found in Melbourne’s Yarra River on Thursday morning.
A body was found in Melbourne’s Yarra River on Thursday morning. Credit: NCA NewsWire

The body of a man has been found floating in the Yarra River in Melbourne’s CBD.

Police say the man’s body was found near Convention Centre Place, South Wharf — a busy shopping and hospitality precinct in the city — at about 9.30am on Thursday.

A Victoria Police spokesperson said the death is not being treated as suspicious at this stage.

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A report will be prepared for the Coroner.

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