Officers and paramedics were called to Knapp House activity centre in north Devon on bank holiday Monday after the child was reported missing. The police helicopter was involved in the search and the boy was discovered in a swimming pool at the centre. He was taken to North Devon district hospital in Barnstaple but could not be saved. A force spokeswoman said: “Police were notified around 2.55pm yesterday [Monday 28 August], to reports of a missing four-year-old boy at Knapp House activity centre in Northam, Bideford. Officers are investigating the circumstances and the death is currently being treated as unexplained.”A spokesperson for Devon Narcotics Anonymous Campout Committee said something had gone “horrifically wrong”.

Source: The Guardian August 29, 2017 09:41 UTC