A murder inquiry has been launched after a child reportedly fell off a ferry and into the Baltic Sea and a woman jumped in after him, but video from the ship tells a different story.
A woman and child who fell off a ferry in the Baltic Sea have died, Swedish police said on Friday, when prosecutors announced a murder inquiry had been launched.
Swedish Maritime Administration spokesperson Jonas Franzen told The Associated Press the child fell from a height of about 65 feet. "The purpose of the investigation is to try to clarify what happened," public prosecutor Stina Brindmark said.On Thursday, the Stena Spirit ferry, which was en route from Gdynia in Poland to Karlskrona in Sweden, alerted rescue services around 4:20 pm.Michal Fludra/NurPhoto via Getty Images
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