Overview

• On June 15 during Alquerías’s summer festivities a two-year-old girl was electrocuted after contacting an unearthed metal mesh fence surrounding a fairground trampoline.
• Three other children, including an eight-year-old girl and two boys aged 11 and 12, suffered electric shocks and are recovering in hospital.
• Spain’s Civil Guard has launched an investigation into negligence and involuntary manslaughter and sealed off the fairground as evidence is collected.
• Murcia City Council suspended all festival events and declared three days of official mourning following the fatal accident.
• The tragedy has intensified scrutiny over the safety and electrical inspections of temporary fairground attractions across Spain.