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| Police and health and safety inspectors have started an investigation after a schoolboy drowned in a swimming pool. | Police and health and safety inspectors have started an investigation after a schoolboy drowned in a swimming pool. |
| The seven-year-old was reported missing at Dundee's Olympia Leisure Centre at about 1800 BST on Saturday. | The seven-year-old was reported missing at Dundee's Olympia Leisure Centre at about 1800 BST on Saturday. |
| His body was later found at the bottom of the deep end of the main pool, which had been covered over. | His body was later found at the bottom of the deep end of the main pool, which had been covered over. |
| A team from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have arrived at the council-owned facility to interview witnesses and check staffing levels. | A team from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have arrived at the council-owned facility to interview witnesses and check staffing levels. |
| A HSE spokesman told the BBC Scotland website that two inspectors would be at the scene for the next few days. | A HSE spokesman told the BBC Scotland website that two inspectors would be at the scene for the next few days. |
| He said: "They will be looking at the supervision at the pool and how many lifeguards were on duty. | |
| "We want to prevent something like this from happening again." | "We want to prevent something like this from happening again." |
| Tayside Police said officers had been called to the leisure centre on Saturday after the boy had been reported missing. | Tayside Police said officers had been called to the leisure centre on Saturday after the boy had been reported missing. |
| We are fully co-operating with Tayside Police as well as carrying out our own investigation Dundee Leisure Trust spokesman | |
| A spokeswoman said : "Officers attended and the boy, who has not yet been named, was found lying at the bottom of the deep end in a covered area of the main pool. | A spokeswoman said : "Officers attended and the boy, who has not yet been named, was found lying at the bottom of the deep end in a covered area of the main pool. |
| "Lifeguards dived into the water and pulled the boy to the side where they carried out CPR. | "Lifeguards dived into the water and pulled the boy to the side where they carried out CPR. |
| "He was taken by ambulance to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee where sadly he was pronounced dead. | "He was taken by ambulance to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee where sadly he was pronounced dead. |
| "Whilst the boy's death is not being treated as suspicious, the circumstances leading up to his death will be the subject of a police inquiry and a full report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal in Dundee in due course." | "Whilst the boy's death is not being treated as suspicious, the circumstances leading up to his death will be the subject of a police inquiry and a full report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal in Dundee in due course." |
| Olympia Leisure Centre was closed on Sunday "as a mark of respect", but has since reopened. | Olympia Leisure Centre was closed on Sunday "as a mark of respect", but has since reopened. |
| A spokesman for Dundee Leisure Trust, which runs the pool on behalf of Dundee City Council, said: "We are shocked by this tragic incident. | |
| "We are fully co-operating with Tayside Police as well as carrying out our own investigation. | |
| "We are doing everything to find out the exact circumstances of the tragedy." |