British girl drowns in hotel swimming pool

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl from England has drowned in a hotel swimming pool in Protaras, where she and her family had been staying while on holiday.
Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, Famagusta police spokesman Giorgos Oikonomou said that “around 4 pm on Monday, in a hotel in Protaras, a five-year-old girl was spotted floating unconscious in the swimming pool.”
The incident was reported by hotel residents and an ambulance rushed the girl to a private clinic in Paralimni, where the on-call doctor confirmed her death.
The girl had arrived in Cyprus on Sunday with her mother, grandparents and other relatives for a week holiday.
No lifeguard was present at the swimming pool but there were signs in English, Russian and other languages urging adult supervision of children.
An autopsy will be performed at the Larnaca General on Tuesday, in order to confirm the precise cause of the girl’s death.

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