A six-year-old boy from Inverness is fighting for his life in Cyprus after being found unconscious in a hotel swimming pool.
He was on holiday with his family in Paphos on the Mediterranean island when the incident happened on Friday last week.
Cypriot police told The P&J that their investigations have found that the boy, who has not yet been named, “spread his mother’s attention and fell in the swimming pool”.
The boy was given first aid by a lifeguard at the pool, before being taken to Paphos General Hospital.
Due to his condition, he has since been transferred to Makarios III Hospital in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia for further specialist treatment and remains in a critical condition.
It is thought that his mum and sibling remain with him and have not returned to Inverness.
A spokesman for the Foreign Office said: “We are supporting the family of a British national in hospital in Cyprus.”
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