Tragedy in Moralet, Alicante, after the body of a two-year-old child was recovered from a septic tank a few metres from the family villa.
The mother lost sight of the child while he was playing in the garden and was unable to find him. Police, with tracker dogs, were called in and a few hours later they found the body of the toddler in the septic tank just a few metres from the villa.
Firemen had to break the tank to retrieve the body. It is thought that the boy fell through a small hole near the tank.