Mystery as boy, 12, found strangled to death on banks of French river as cops launch murder probe– www.thesun.co.uk

The boy, 12, had a wet towel tied very tightly around his neck.

A fisherman heard the cries of a child near the river at around 4:40pm on Sunday.

He immediately called emergency services and firefighters rushed to the scene at 4:50pm.

But after desperate rounds of CPR the young boy was tragically pronounced dead at the scene.