French police say may have found Israeli's body

PARIS, Feb 21 (Reuters) A body which appears to be that of a missing Israeli Defence Ministry official has been found in a river in northern France, police said today.

A police official said an autopsy and tests would be carried out to verify whether the dead person was David Dahan, head of the Israeli Defence Ministry Mission to Europe, who disappeared from his Paris home last month.

A police source said Dahan had suffered from depression in the past.

Dahan's wife and child live in Israel.

The Israeli Defence Ministry Mission buys military equipment in Europe. The mission used to be based in central Paris but was hit by a car bomb in 1982 and is now situated in a suburb.

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