The boy 'received medical attention', but was pronounced dead a short time later, police say.
A 14-year-old boy has died after getting into difficulties in a canal, police have said.
West Yorkshire Police said the teenager was pulled from a stretch of canal by Thwaite Lane in the Stourton area of Leeds at about 16:30 BST on Saturday. The force said he "received medical attention at the scene", but was pronounced dead a short time later. "The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file has been prepared for the coroner," it added.
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