The three people who died in a pool accident on the Costa del Sol on Christmas Eve have been named.
The father has been named as Gabriel Diya, 52, and his children Praise Emmanuel, 16, and Comfort, nine.
They were found unresponsive in the pool at Club La Costa World in Fuengirola.
Mr Diya’s Facebook account describes him as a manager of Open Heavens London, a branch of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, based in Charlton.
The church was not contactable on Boxing Day.
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His is listed in his introduction as a “Pioneer, Life coach, Entrepreneur, Student, Property Manager, Businessman & PAL Leader”.
He also says he is a Property Manager at Flobis Properties Limited, a co-ordinator at Christian Innovations aka Christiannovations and a former co-Founder at Missio Africanus.
It is understood that the father and daughter are both British, while the son is American.
The incident occurred after the girl got into difficulties in the water and her brother and father tried to rescue her, it has been reported.
The children’s mother is one of the people who raised the alarm. Local radio host Giles Brown told Sky News she is receiving counselling from Spanish police.
He said the family were booked into the resort on 21 December and were due to fly back out on 28 December.
“Detectives have taken away the pump system, looking at motors to see if it was an electrical or mechanical failure, but at the moment there is no information on what could have caused this tragedy,” he said.
Holiday operator CLC World Resorts and Hotels said management were assisting authorities “fully” with an investigation into the deaths.
The holiday operator’s statement said: “Management at Club La Costa World resort would like to offer its heartfelt condolences to the family affected by the loss of three family members on 24 December 2019.
“The Guardia Civil have carried out a full investigation which found no concerns relating to the pool in question or procedures in place, which leaves us to believe this was a tragic accident which has left everyone surrounding the incident in shock.
“Naturally, our primary concern remains the care and support of the remaining family members; we would therefore request that their privacy be respected at this traumatic time.”
A Foreign Office spokesperson said: “We are offering assistance to a British woman following an incident in Spain.”
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