After a swimming accident in Simmerath near Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia, two children died. This was announced by a police spokeswoman on Friday morning.
According to the police, the seven and nine-year-old boys were reported missing on the Eiserbachsee in the Rursee center early Thursday evening and were then found lifeless in the water a little later.
Although the two boys were initially resuscitated, they subsequently died in hospitals.
