Venice Beach Search For Missing Six-year-old Boy

A large-scale hunt is underway disconnected nan seashore of Cavallino Treporti, Venice, for a six-year-old boy who vanished while swimming connected Sunday  August 10 successful nan afternoon.

The child, named Carlo, was past seen successful nan h2o betwixt Villaggio San Paolo and nan Vela Blu campsite astatine Ca’ Pasquali. He was pinch his mother adjacent nan “Allo Sperone” edifice and pizzeria erstwhile he vanished from sight.

The siren was raised astatine astir 4pm, pinch his mother alerting emergency services aft he grounded to return to shore. Firefighters, including divers and nan Veneto location rescue unit, joined nan hunt alongside nan Venice Harbour Master’s Office. Jet skis, lifeguards and moreover beachgoers forming a quality concatenation person been scouring nan area.

Fair tegument and blond hair

Carlo is described arsenic Italian, pinch adjacent tegument and blond hair. He had been nether nan supervision of his parents astatine nan clip and lifeguards were reportedly connected duty.

The agelong of oversea successful beforehand of nan Vela Blu campsite, wherever nan family is connected holiday, was calm pinch nary informing flags successful place. The seabed is shallow, and currents were flowing south-west towards Venice.

Lifeguards person been operating some by onshore and oversea from nan Cavallino lighthouse to Ca’ Vio, while rescue teams proceed nan search.

Resorts on nan Adriatic

Incidents of children disappearing astatine Italian beaches are uncommon but not unheard of, peculiarly during nan engaged summertime play erstwhile resorts on nan Adriatic and Tyrrhenian coasts are crowded.

In caller years, respective cases person progressive youngsters swept distant by currents aliases wandering disconnected unnoticed, prompting lifeguards and emergency services to reenforce patrols. Authorities regularly punctual parents to support changeless ocular interaction pinch children, arsenic calm seas tin still hide vulnerable undercurrents.