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Equatorial Guinean teenager dies after Swiss pool accident

By , based on Ahora EG

Nicole K. B., a 13-year-old girl of Equatorial Guinean origin, has died in Switzerland after about a year and a half in hospital following an accident at a community swimming pool. Her family is calling for responsibility to be established, Ahora EG reports.

Nicole K. B., a 13-year-old girl of Equatorial Guinean origin, has died in Switzerland after spending about a year and a half in hospital following an accident at a municipal swimming pool, according to her family’s account reported by Ahora EG.

The accident left the girl in a serious condition. Her relatives are calling for responsibility to be established following her death, Ahora EG reports.

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