A seven-year-old Polish boy and his mother have died after falling from a ferry traveling from Sweden to Poland, authorities said on Friday.
Swedish prosecutors announced the case is being investigated as a homicide to discover what happened, although no suspects have been identified.
“The investigation aims to try to clarify what happened,” prosecutor Stina Brindmark said.
Authorities said Thursday the child fell from the Stena Spirit ferry and his mother plunged into the sea after him in an apparent rescue attempt. The boy fell from a height of about 65ft., according to the Swedish Maritime Administration.
Passengers aboard the ferry watched in horror as a helicopter was deployed to find and rescue the missing pair. The two were winched to the helicopter and transported to a Swedish hospital but later died.
The mother was in the water for 59 minutes before the helicopter picked her up, and her son 66 minutes, Polish website Fakt reported.
Polish police confirmed the deaths after the mother and her son failed to be resuscitated.
“Unfortunately, in the morning we received information from the Swedish side that we have to pass on this terrible news to the family, because both the boy and the woman are dead,” said Polish police spokesman Mariusz Ciarka.
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