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Two-year-old British boy drowns in pool at private villa on Ibiza
A British two-year-old has died after being pulled from the pool of a private villa in Ibiza.
The tragic incident took place on Thursday morning in the Sant Joan municipality in the northern part of the Spanish island.
Emergency services rushed to the property following reports of an unresponsive child.
According to local news outlet Diario de Ibiza, the British toddler was found without a pulse floating in the swimming pool.
Despite efforts to resuscitate the child for over an hour, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The boy, who has not been named, and his family had been staying in the holiday home, it is understood.
It comes after a four-year old Northern Irish boy died after being pulled from a hotel swimming pool in Tenerife.
Edward James Watson Massey, from Co Down, was found unresponsive on Thursday, May 22 in a pool in San Miguel de Abona, a popular holiday spot in the south of the island.
A funeral notice for the young boy read: 'Edward will be greatly missed and lovingly remembered by all his friends and family circle.'
'He will be cherished in our hearts forever. Our lives will never be the same without him.'
He leaves behind parents Richard and Joanne and sister Victoria.
Emergency services rushed to José Miguel Galván Bello Avenue shortly before 5pm local time following reports of a child in cardiac arrest.
Several hotel guests, including individuals who identified themselves as doctors, reportedly joined the rescue efforts in a desperate attempt to revive the child.
It's understood that a nurse from the Canary Islands Emergency Service (SUC) provided CPR instructions over the phone while medics scrambled to locate a defibrillator, The Sun reported.
Two advanced life support ambulances and a medical helicopter were sent to the scene.
However, despite the best efforts of paramedics, who carried out advanced resuscitation procedures, the child could not be saved.
Spanish broadcaster Telecinco stated: 'The child died after failing to recover from a cardiorespiratory arrest following a rescue from a hotel pool.'
Local police supported emergency teams at the scene, and the Civil Guard has launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the tragedy.
A spokesperson for the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office told The Sun: 'We are supporting the family of a British child who has died in Spain, and are in contact with the local authorities.'
