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12-Year-Old Declared Brain-Dead After Hotel Whirlpool Entrapment in Italy

Prosecutors now treat the case as involuntary manslaughter.

Overview

  • Doctors at Rimini’s Infermi Hospital confirmed brain death and began the procedure required by law.
  • The Rimini prosecutor’s office reclassified the investigation as involuntary manslaughter.
  • The boy was trapped when suction from a whirlpool jet caught his leg and held him underwater.
  • Relatives raised the alarm and hotel staff shut off the system, but rescuers found him unconscious and without a heartbeat.
  • Carabinieri police seized the spa area and are checking safety devices such as protective grilles over the jets.