A BRITISH boy has drowned in a swimming pool on the Costa del Sol.
The five-year-old was on holiday when he died in Nerja yesterday afternoon.
According to reports, the young lad was announced dead at the scene after paramedics failed to revive him.
He is believed to have been staying with his parents, two siblings and grandparents.
Police are said to be investigating the incident.

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