By Damien Gayle A woman in China leapt into a river in a wedding dress in a bid to appease a water god she believes took her son. Yun Teng, 30, plunged into the river in Suzhou city in eastern China's Anhui province after her son went missing near its banks. Police said she had been 'driven to the brink of madness' by her loss. There were no leads as to the missing boy's whereabouts and no body has been found, but the woman was convinced he had been claimed by the river. Desperation: Police officer Zhang Cheng pulls Yun Teng from the water after she leapt in wearing a wedding dress in a desperate attempt to get the spirit of the river to release her son, who she believed it had taken
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Yun Teng leapt into the river near where her son went missing weeks ago
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Nearby policeman managed to find a boat and rescue the distraught mother
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'She was struggling, shouting that she wanted to be left there,' he said
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There are no leads as to her son's whereabouts and no body has been found
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He may be one of the tens of thousands of children stolen each year in China
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