silverbaxJul 3, 2023

Boy, 7, dies after falling from ferry and mother killed trying to save him

https://lemmy.world/post/990155

Boy, 7, dies after falling from ferry and mother killed trying to save him - Lemmy.world

The tragedy occurred Thursday when the child fell into the water and the mother jumped in after him, Swedish Maritime Administration spokesperson Jonas Franzen said. He said the child fell from a height of about 20 meters.

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This has been ruled out as an accident by Danish authorities. This is a murder investigation now
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This is in Swedish: https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/blekinge/danska-haverikommissionen-konstaterar-ingen-olycka-vid-fallet-fran-polenfarjan

Google translate:

It was not an accident but a deliberate act, the Danish accident commission stated, which is now closing its investigation into the deaths from the Polen ferry.

  • We have installed surveillance footage, says investigator Morten Frederiksen to SVT.
    A seven-year-old boy and his mother died after they both ended up in the water while on the way by ferry to Karlskrona from Gdynia.
    At first an accident was suspected - but it is now dismissed by the Danish accident commission.

After its investigation, the Danish investigation states that it is instead a matter of deliberate handling, reports P4 Blekinge.

  • It is correct, because we have now put surveillance footage that it was not an accident but a deliberate handling. Therefore, the police are taking over the case for the time being, says Morten Frederiksen, investigator at the Danish accident commission to SVT Blekinge.

Investigated as murder
It was on Thursday last week that the incident occurred. The deceased are Polish citizens and the ferry was on its way to Karlskrona from Poland.
Prosecutor Marie Lindström in Karlskrona has already started a preliminary investigation into murder. At the same time, the prosecutor's office in Gdansk has opened an investigation into murder and suicide, according to the Polish television station Tvn24.

The ferry Stena Spirit, which sails under the Danish flag, is registered in Denmark and is therefore being investigated by the Danish accident commission.

Danska haverikommissionen konstaterar – ingen olycka vid fallet från Polenfärjan

Det var ingen olycka utan en medveten handling, det konstaterar danska haverikommissionen som nu stänger sin utredning om dödsfallen från Polenfärjan. – Vi har sett övervakningsfilmer, säger utredare Morten Frederiksen till SVT.

SVT Nyheter
Jul 3, 2023 at 5:58pmWeb