Overview

• Early on July 22, drones and subaquatic divers located the bodies of two young men in the Segre River after an overnight search by about 30 emergency personnel
• The victims, aged 20 and 21, were Dominican‐origin residents of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat who drowned at the Platgeta bathing zone, where a hidden whirlpool has caused previous fatalities
• Mossos d'Esquadra have assumed control of the judicial investigation and initiated autopsies to determine the precise circumstances of the drownings
• L'Hospitalet de Llobregat’s city council declared July 23 a day of official mourning to honor the two neighbours
• Protección Civil and the Confederación Hidrográfica del Ebro have maintained signage and patrols while urging swimmers to respect the river’s unpredictable currents