Body pulled from Palmerston North stream

The body of a man was today pulled from a stream in Palmerston North.

Detective Senior Sergeant Craig Sheridan said the body had been in a stream adjacent to Clausen Street for a number of days.

He said police were confident they knew the identity of the man but a formal identification would be completed tomorrow.

He said the cause of death was unknown and police were waiting on the results of a post mortem examination to determine the direction of the investigation.

- NZPA