Bodies of 6 people, including 1 child, recovered from St. Lawrence River, Akwesasne Mohawk police say

The bodies of six people, including one child with a Canadian passport, were recovered from the St. Lawrence River near Akwesasne late Thursday afternoon, according to police in the community.

The first body was located at about 5 p.m. ET in a marsh area near the U.S. border, the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service said in a release. The Mohawk community straddles the Canada-U.S. border and occupies territory in Ontario, Quebec and New York state.

Akwesasne police Chief Shawn Dulude said he could not provide any information on the nationalities of the other five.

Police said they are waiting on the results of a post-mortem and toxicology tests to determine the