Overview
- Emergency services were alerted at about 8:30am and dispatched paramedics, local police and a medical helicopter to a rural holiday home in Periana on Wednesday when a British child was found in the property's swimming pool.
- Medical teams pronounced the child dead at the scene after attempts to resuscitate failed.
- The Guardia Civil has opened an investigation and the child’s body was sent to the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Malaga while authorities await the post-mortem to establish the official cause of death.
- Reports differ on the child’s age, with some outlets saying three years old and others saying four, and local coverage says the family had arrived at the cottage the day before for their holiday.
- Local officials expressed condolences and coverage notes this was the third drowning death reported in the Malaga area that week, bringing renewed attention to supervision and safety at private holiday pools.