A 5-year-old child drowns in a swimming pool without anyone noticing (Finland)

On 30 January 2016 in Helsinki, Finland, a 5-year-old child drowned in a public swimming pool in the city without anyone noticing. Left unattended by his mother who was in a sauna with friends, the little boy wanted to bathe in a basin where he had no foot. Quickly, we can see him struggling to stay on the surface of the water and join the edge of the pool, without success. Unfortunately, none of the swimmers in the pool notice the child in distress who eventually loses consciousness before floating on the
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