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British girl drowns in Lanzarote | British girl drowns in Lanzarote |
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An eight-year-old British girl has drowned in the Canary Islands, the Foreign Office has said. | An eight-year-old British girl has drowned in the Canary Islands, the Foreign Office has said. |
The tragedy happened on the holiday island of Lanzarote earlier this week. | The tragedy happened on the holiday island of Lanzarote earlier this week. |
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We can confirm that an eight-year-old girl died in Lanzarote. We are providing full consular assistance." | A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We can confirm that an eight-year-old girl died in Lanzarote. We are providing full consular assistance." |
It is believed the girl was on holiday with her grandparents when she drowned in a swimming pool in Costa Teguise on the island's east coast. | |
They had been staying at apartments in the Loz Zocos Club Resort, it is understood. | |
Travel company First Choice, with whom the party had booked their flights, said they had flown out to Lanzarote on Sunday, 10 June for a week's holiday. |
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