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Authorities are searching for a young New Hamburg boy who is believed to have fallen through the ice in the Nith River, west of Kitchener.

Search teams focused their efforts yesterday on an area where it appeared someone had gone through the ice.

Police and firefighters resumed their search this morning as part of a recovery operation.

The five-year-boy wandered away from home without his coat yesterday and headed to the river late in the afternoon.

The search was called off at 10 p.m. last night for safety reasons.

Police say while community support is appreciated, it's too dangerous for the public to help them with the search.

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