A body has been found in the search for an 11-year-old girl who went missing in the River Thames nearly two weeks ago.
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00:00Kaliya Koha was playing by the River Thames on the 31st of March when she went missing.
00:08Now, a body has been found after the 11-year-old girl disappeared, the police have said.
00:14The Metropolitan Police said they were alerted to a body in the River Thames in the Maritime Quay around 9am on Sunday the 13th of April.
00:23Officers said the body is yet to be formally identified, however, the family of Kaliya Koha have been informed of this development and are being supported by specialist officers.
00:35The girl went missing after she entered the water in East London at the end of March.
00:42Officers said she had been playing during a school inset day and went into the water near Barge House Causeway in North Woolwich.
00:50Emergency services were called at 1.23pm with London Ambulance Services, the London Fire Brigade and the RNLI and a Coast Guard carrying out an extensive search for the missing schoolgirl.
01:04Shortly after she went missing, people nearby had said Kaliya had been playing near the water with a young boy and girl.
01:12The Met Police then released her name and a photo at the start of April and said officers were leading a recovery mission along the River Thames to find her.
01:24Barge House Causeway is a concrete slope that goes directly into the river and is used normally to transport boats.
01:30Residents said it appeared to be covered in moss and was slippery on the day of the incident.
01:36We'll have more on this story as it develops over the coming days here on London TV.