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The body of an eight-year-old boy has been recovered by police after a desperate search was sparked when the child fell out of a kayak.
The boy had been camping with family at Fernhook Falls near Walpole, about 400km southeast of Perth.
Great Southern Superintendent Kim Travers released a statement on Sunday, saying the boy, named Sol, was found on Friday morning by police divers at Fernhook Falls, reports The West Australian.
The search for an eight-year-old boy believed to have been in a kayaking incident in a West Australian river (pictured) is now a recovery mission
A land search including 60 State Emergency Service volunteers (pictured) has been suspended
She explained the recovery operation was 'complex' and body was safely recovered on Sunday morning.
'[The operation] would not have been possible without the mutual trust and respect of the family who have remained on
