Vigil held for three boys who died in icy lake near Solihull

Flowers, balloons and brushed toys were near by mourners gathering for a vigil aft the deaths of 3 boys who plunged into an icy lake.

The three, aged eight, 10 and 11, were pulled from a water successful Babbs Mill Park, Solihull, connected Sunday, but aboriginal died.

Police said searches of the h2o would proceed passim Tuesday but person stressed determination is nary proposition anybody other is missing.

A six-year-old lad who was besides rescued remains successful hospital.

Dozens gathered for the vigil successful Kingshurst connected Monday night.

Members of the nationalist and constabulary officers initially went into the h2o to effort to get the children, earlier the victims were reached by specializer h2o rescue-trained firefighters who got the radical out.

A constabulary serviceman had to punch done the crystal to rescue to boys, West Midlands Police said.

Police were being guided by the families arsenic to however overmuch accusation was made disposable to the media, Supt Richard Harris, of West Midlands Police, said, and they were doing "everything we perchance tin to enactment them".

One resident, Dan, said helium could perceive sirens from his level that looks implicit the lake.

He said helium had grabbed 3 jackets erstwhile helium had seen exigency services and radical moving to the scene.

"I gave 2 jackets that I had connected arsenic soon arsenic they pulled the archetypal 2 [boys] out, I came moving backmost and got different 2 oregon 3 jackets and a mates of towels.

"Then 15 minutes aboriginal I americium backmost successful my level and they'd brought them up connected stretchers," Dan said.

Solihull councillor Ian Courts said: "We are wholly stunned astatine what's happened.

"Clearly our thoughts and prayers person to beryllium with the families successful this situation. I tin hardly ideate what the families are going through."

At slightest 1 of the boys attended St Anthony's Catholic Primary School which unopen connected Monday aft the incident. The schoolhouse reopened connected Tuesday morning.

Marcus Brain, seat of governors, said: "It's a very, precise close-knit community, we've got families that person been present for 5 generations, everybody knows everybody else.

"Everybody I've spoken to... are successful an utter authorities of shock."

Mother-of-four Comfort Konfor said she had not been capable to slumber and had conscionable kept praying.

"The representation keeps coming to caput of children," she said.

Pastor Emil Kerekes, from Connection Church Kingshurst, said helium wanted the families to cognize they were present to enactment them.

"All the different religion leaders and radical leaders successful the section community, we privation to get unneurotic and possibly travel up with a program to someway assistance them," helium said.

Police judge determination were a fig of witnesses astatine the water they are yet to talk to and are urging them to travel forward.

Supt Harris said the families affected by the calamity were "absolutely devastated".

He added: "Also this clip of year, it's connected the run-up to Christmas, truthful adjacent to the lawsuit itself, besides adds to that tragedy.

The unit said they were doing their precise champion to enactment the families.