Madeleine McCann search focuses on Portugal reservoir, 16 years on


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  • Wednesday, 24 May 2023

Police prepare to search a reservoir for the body of Madeleine McCann, who went missing in the Portuguese Algarve in May 2007, in Silves, Portugal, May 23, 2023. REUTERS/Luis Ferreira

SILVES, Portugal (Reuters) -Police investigating the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann in 2007 searched in and around a reservoir in southern Portugal on Tuesday.

A source familiar with the investigation told Reuters the operation in Silves municipality, by the Portuguese police assisted by German and British officers, was being carried out at the request of German authorities.

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