The tragedy took place on Christmas Eve as the family-of-five was holidaying at La Costa World holiday complex in the Spanish resort of Mijas. As forensic experts in the city of Malaga carried out an autopsy to formally determine the cause of death, an investigation source told AFP that a surviving sister had given police a key bit of information. “They didn’t actually know how to swim,” the source explained, without giving the sister’s age. Police identified the victims as a nine-year-old girl, her 16-year-old brother who holds American nationality, and their 52-year-old father. A police spokesman had earlier said the girl had got into difficulties in the water and “had trouble getting out”.

Source: The Local December 27, 2019 08:03 UTC