- Title: British father, two children drown in Spanish pool on Christmas eve
- Date: 25th December 2019
- Summary: MIJAS, SPAIN (DECEMBER 25, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SWIMMING POOL AND GARDENS AT THE CLUB LA COSTA WORLD RESORT SIGN NEAR THE SWIMMING POOL SWIMMING POOL, RESIDENTIAL AREA AT RESORT SUN LOUNGERS NEAR SWIMMING POOL TOWELS DRYING ON WALL RESORT SECURITY PEOPLE WALKING ROUND RESORT VARIOUS OF RESORT BUILDING EXTERIORS PEOPLE TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS VARIOUS OF SWIMMING POOL PEOPLE WALKING NEAR SWIMMING POOL VARIOUS OF SIGNS AND SUN LOUNGERS NEAR SWIMMING POOL
- Embargoed: 8th January 2020 15:21
- Keywords: Mijas Spain father two children drown in Spanish pool
- Location: MIJAS, SPAIN
- City: MIJAS, SPAIN
- Country: Spain
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents
- Reuters ID: LVA001BBH4RBB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Spanish police opened an investigation into the deaths of three members of a British family on Wednesday (December 25).
The father and two children were found dead on Tuesday (December 24) in a swimming pool of a Costa del Sol resort in southern Spain where they were staying, local authorities said.
The Andalusia regional government said on Twitter police arrived at the scene in Mijas, near Malaga, in early afternoon on Tuesday after receiving a telephone call and found the bodies of a 53-year-old man, a nine-year-old and a 16-year-old floating in the pool.
Local media cited witnesses as saying the father and the 16-year-old son had jumped in the water to save the daughter who was drowning, but all ended up dead.
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