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| Llanberis swimming deaths investigation continues | Llanberis swimming deaths investigation continues |
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| Investigations into how two men died while swimming near a waterfall in north Wales continue on Monday. | Investigations into how two men died while swimming near a waterfall in north Wales continue on Monday. |
| Police believe the 33-year-old and a 21-year-old found dead on Sunday had got into difficulty while swimming in the "extremely cold" water at Llanberis, Gwynedd. | |
| Two others, aged 27 and 25, were treated in hospital before being released. | Two others, aged 27 and 25, were treated in hospital before being released. |
| Supt Alex Goss said the men had gone into the water to cool off. | |
| He said they were from the local area. | |
| "We firmly believe that the persons walking up towards the waterfall entered the water to cool off as it was a very hot day and morning, and they had been walking for a short time," he told BBC Radio Wales. |