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A man is in a serious condition in hospital after being rescued from the River Soar in Leicester.

Police, firefighters and paramedics were called to the stretch of the river by the rowing club near Upperton Road at 3.20pm after reports of someone being in the water. 999 activity was however centred further along near the Tesco store on Western Boulevard.

It is unclear so far how the man ended up in the river.

The police placed officers along the bank of the Soar in the area this morning as part of their continuing attempts to find missing 25-year-old Michal Zygan who disappeared nearly a fortnight ago.

Leicestershire Live asked the force if the man found in the water was connected to the long-running search for Michal.

A Leicestershire Police spokeswoman said officers were in the very early stages of investigating the incident this afternoon and identifying the man involved.

Anyone with any information on the man should call 101.

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