Two British brothers drowned while swimming on holiday in open pool in Germany.
children, seven and nine years old, are missing parents in a designated swimming area area on Lake Eiserbach in the south of Aachen, according to authorities.
Rescuers were able to retrieve children out of the water and were taken to hospitals in Aachen and Cologne, but later died.
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Aachen prosecutors said they were investigating if there were deaths result of negligence.
rescue services first received calls at 17:59 on Thursday and posted some answers vehicles in place immediately, local media reports.
Specialist teams from the German Technical Assistance Agency (THW) and DLRG (German Life Saving Organization). soon after.
One of The boys were reportedly taken to the emergency room. in Cologne, and the other was taken to Aachen, in a critical state, but they died later that evening.
The lake where the incident took place took placeSouth of in city of Aachen, on Thursday, popular with tourists.
warmer in Germany of around 31C this week leading to swimming area busier than usual.
Europe is hotter than usual weather this summer in both the UK and France faced forest fires, droughts and hoses bans.
Tragedy comes just one month after it became known that 16-year-old and 10-year- the old one got into trouble trying to swim in same body of water. It was reported that the rescuers were able to save the youngest child, but the teenager, unfortunately, drowned.
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