Three members of British family die at Spanish resort in Christmas tragedy ‘after father and brother tried to save nine-year-old girl when she got into difficulties in swimming pool’
- Police divers were called to Club La Costa World near Fuengirola this afternoon
- It is believed nine-year-old girl got into difficulty in the resort swimming pool
- Her father, 52, and her older brother, 16 then jumped in and all three have died
Three members of a British family have died at a Costa del Sol holiday resort.
The tragedy is understood to have happened after a nine-year-old girl got into difficulties at the swimming pool of the Club La Costa World resort near Fuengirola this afternoon.
Police divers were scrambled to the resort pool at around 1.30pm after her father, 52, and older brother, believed to be 16, jumped in after her and also got into difficulty.
Well-placed sources described the girl and her father as British but said the older boy was travelling on an American passport.
The children’s mother is understood to have been one of the people who raised the alarm and is thought to have been interviewed by investigators.
Three members of a British family have died at a Costa del Sol holiday resort called Club La Costa World (pictured)
One insider close to the ongoing probe said: ‘The girl’s brother and then the father jumped into the water when they saw she was in difficulties. All three have died.
‘An investigation is ongoing so it is too early to say what has happened but specialist Civil Guard divers were mobilised after the gravity of what had occurred became apparent and one of the things they have looked at is the pool pump.’
The bodies of the three people who died in this afternoon’s incident have already been transferred to the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Malaga.
Autopsies are expected to take place tomorrow.
Investigators were said to be inspecting the pool in the aftermath of the tragedy.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has been approached for comment. Club La Costa has also been asked for comment.
The tragedy occurred after a nine-year-old girl got into difficulties in the resort’s swimming pool (pictured) and her older brother and their father jumped into the water to save her