A grandmother who lives in Savion invited her 11-year-old granddaughter and her friend to come and swim in her pool. She was horrified when she saw the two bodies, one at the bottom of the pool and the second floating lifeless at the top. The grandmother made the discovery while in her kitchen as she looked at the security camera monitor displaying pool activity. She immediately summoned her daughter. It was too late however and despite resuscitation efforts, the two were pronounced dead on erev Shavuos 5774.

The investigation into the deaths continues on Thursday, 7 Sivan 5774, but police are reporting it now appears an electric short circuit from the pools cleaning robot appears to have resulted in fatal electrocutions of the two R”L. A second theory being ruled out is that toxic substances used to clean the pool leaked into the water while the girls were swimming. Police hope that autopsies that are being performed on the bodies will reveal the cause of death.

Magen Avid Adom spokesman Zaki Heller confirms that paramedics performed advanced resuscitation on the victims, who were ultimately pronounced dead on the scene. The Herzl School in Yahud opened its doors on motzei Shavuos to permit social workers to meet with fifth graders who were distraught after hearing of the deaths of their friends.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)