Body found in Thames amid search for missing 11-year-old Kaliyah Coa

Kaliyah Coa went missing after entering the River Thames on 31 March. Photograph: family handout/PA

A body has been found in the River Thames in the search for 11-year-old Kaliyah Coa, who entered the river in North Woolwich on 31 March, police have said.

According to the Metropolitan police, officers were alerted to a body in Maritime Quay in east London at about 9am on Sunday.