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Hamburg (dpa / lno) - The Hamburg fire brigade recovered a male body from the Elbe on Thursday.
Witnesses saw the dead man drifting between boats near the city sports harbor, said a police spokesman.
The body had probably been lying in the water for a long time.
The dead man is said to be an elderly man.
He was taken to the Institute of Forensic Medicine to clarify the cause of death and identity.
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