Irish boy, 2, drowns in Spanish pool tragedy

A two-year-old Irish boy died in a drowning tragedy in Spain yesterday morning.

Local police believe the child died after walking along the wall of his family’s house, losing his balance, and falling into a pool on a neighbouring property just before 11am.

The boy was initially reported to local police as missing by his distraught parents, who could not find him in the house in the El Coto area of Mijas Costas near Fuengirola.