A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder as police continue to search for a teenager who went missing five days ago.
The 20-year-old man from Worcester was arrested on Sunday by police investigating the disappearance of Thomas Jones.
Known as Tom, the 18-year-old Worcester University student was last seen at around 3am on Wednesday after a night out during his freshers week celebrations.
He is thought to have crossed the Sabrina footbridge before walking on to the footpath along the top of the flood defences on Hylton Road towards Hallow just before 3.50am, West Mercia Police said.
The force said Mr Joness family have been made aware of the arrest.
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Detective Inspector Mark Bellamy said: I understand todays update may have an impact on the local community and there will be officers in the local area over the coming days to offer reassurance to local residents.
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Anyone who is concerned is encouraged to speak to a local officer on patrol or to call us.
The officer, who thanked the public for the unprecedented response to an appeal for information, said police had been working around the clock to try and determine what happened in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Tom is white, 5ft 5ins, slim, with short mousy brown hair and grey and green coloured eyes, was wearing pale coloured jeans, a navy blue woollen zip-up Lacoste top and green shoes when he went missing.
Toms parents, Ian Jones, 53, and his wife Vicky, spoke to their son after the night out and say he was already back at his halls and was safe.
But after struggling to reach him hours later, they contacted the police.
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Divers searched the River Severn on Friday as part of the hunt for Tom.
Members of the public have been asked to stay away from the search area where trained divers and officers are conducting a full and thorough search.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101.
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