A child has died after a drowning accident in Katrineholm, local media reports.
The accident occurred at 6 pm on Saturday evening, when the police received an alarm that a child was missing at a bathing place. The child was later found in the water and was taken to Karolinska University Hospital by helicopter.
During the Sunday morning, the police announced that the child had died. The police do not want to disclose the child's age.
But it is a young child, a small child. It is a terribly tragic accident, says the police's press spokesperson Olle Älveroth.
