Overview

• Relatives alerted police after discovering the primary-school-aged child had left the house unnoticed on Sunday
• The Polizeiinspektion Nürnberg-West immediately launched a search operation along the Main-Donau-Kanal
• Officers and rescue teams recovered the boy’s body in the canal and unsuccessful resuscitation efforts were carried out
• Authorities have withheld the exact age and identity of the child to protect his privacy
• The Kriminaldauerdienst has secured evidence and opened a formal probe into how the boy entered the water