STA, 12 May 2020 - The body of Kacper Zieliński, a Polish exchange student who slipped into the Soča river on Saturday and was missing since, has been recovered 100 metres downstream from the site of the accident, Nova Gorica police said on Tuesday.
Police said the body had been found in a net near the village of Soča, where the 23-year-old went missing. Police and firefighters were dispatched to recover the body and subsequently verified the deceased man's identity.
The Polish national and four friends, all exchange students, had been staying at a camp site in the village of Soča, near the Great Soča Gorge, a popular destination for tourists.
The 750-metre stretch of the river is very narrow, with the river flowing from one pool to the next some 15 metres below the top of the gorge.
The group went to explore the gorge on a footpath that leads along its top. The 23-year-old Pole left the footpath, walking to the edge of an overhang. He lost his balance and fell into the river. He managed to swim for about ten more metres but then the group lost sight of him.
