A lady and youngster who fell off a ferry within the Baltic Sea have died, Swedish police stated on Friday, when prosecutors introduced a homicide inquiry had been launched.
“The two individuals who fell from a ferry travelling to Karlskrona yesterday have died.
“They are a Polish woman born in 1985 and a Polish boy born in 2016,” police stated, including that the following of kin had been notified.
Separately, Sweden’s Prosecution Authority stated a preliminary inquiry into homicide had been launched though there was “no suspect in the case”.
“The purpose of the investigation is to try to clarify what happened,” public prosecutor Stina Brindmark stated.
Police requested for potential witnesses to come back ahead.
On Thursday, the Stena Spirit ferry, which was en route from Gdynia in Poland to Karlskrona in Sweden, alerted rescue providers round 4:20 pm (1420 GMT).
According to preliminary media studies, a toddler had fallen into the ocean and the girl had jumped in after him.
However, Agnieszka Zembrzycka, a Stena Line spokesperson, instructed Polish media on Friday that the CCTV footage from the ship didn’t match this model of occasions.
She declined to supply additional particulars pending the result of an inquiry into what had occurred.
Both helicopters and boats have been deployed to seek for the 2.
They have been discovered about an hour later and transferred to a hospital in Karlskrona.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
