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| British father and son drown off the coast of Majorca | British father and son drown off the coast of Majorca |
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| A British man and his young son have drowned off the coast of Majorca, the Foreign Office has confirmed. | A British man and his young son have drowned off the coast of Majorca, the Foreign Office has confirmed. |
| The accident happened at Cala Antena, a small bay near the resort of Calas de Mallorca, in the south-east of the Spanish island. | |
| The pair were named locally as George Selby and his son Louis. | |
| The young boy is understood to have been hit by a wave and swept off the rocks into the sea. His father jumped in to try to save him but both drowned. | |
| A spokeswoman for the Foreign Office said: "We are aware of the tragic deaths of two British nationals in Majorca. | A spokeswoman for the Foreign Office said: "We are aware of the tragic deaths of two British nationals in Majorca. |
| "We are providing consular assistance to the family." | "We are providing consular assistance to the family." |