Resources from the Euskadi Emergency Service this afternoon rescued the lifeless body of an 82-year-old man from the Agauntza riverbed, as it passed through the Guipuzcoan municipality of Ataun.

A witness who was passing by the place has observed

what appeared to be the body of a person floating in the water.

The Ertzaintza has opened an investigation to determine the causes of the event.

As reported by the Basque Department of Security, the incident occurred at ten to eight this afternoon when a witness who was walking

through the San Gregorio neighborhood, in Ataun,

observed what appeared to be the body of a person floating in the riverbed. from the river.

The man has alerted the Emergency Service that has mobilized various resources from the Ertzaintza, firefighters and health workers.

It has been a team of firefighters who have been able to approach the place and rescue the victim from the water.

Once transferred to the shore, it was found that the body lacked life.

Shortly after, he was transferred to the Guipúzcoa Forensic Pathology Service.

The body corresponds to an 82-year-old man

from Ataun.

The Ertzaintza has opened an investigation to determine the causes of the event, although at first the body does not show evidence of criminality.

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