Four-year-old boy drowns in Melbourne swamp

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A four-year-old boy has died after being pulled from the water unresponsive in a Melbourne swamp. (Luis Ascui/AAP PHOTOS)
A four-year-old boy has died after being pulled from the water unresponsive in a Melbourne swamp. (Luis Ascui/AAP PHOTOS) Credit: AAP

A four-year-old boy has died in swampland waters in Melbourne’s outer southeast.

Emergency services were called to Lagoon Row in Officer after reports a child had been located unresponsive in the water about 5pm on Sunday evening.

The child from Swan Hill in Victoria’s northwest died at the scene.

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Police say the death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be prepared for the coroner.

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