Bodies foundOne body each recovered from Lake Aegeri and Lake Zug
SDA
21.7.2024 - 12:21
Two dead people were recovered from bodies of water in the canton of Zug within two hours on Saturday afternoon. A lifeless man was recovered from Lake Aegeri at a bathing establishment in Oberägeri and a dead woman from Lake Zug in Hünenberg See.
Keystone-SDA
21.07.2024, 12:21
SDA
The man's body was discovered early Saturday afternoon by swimmers at the Ägeribad a few meters from the shore, according to the Zug cantonal police on Sunday afternoon. The man was subsequently brought ashore and resuscitated by private individuals and the lifeguard. Despite the resuscitation measures, it was only possible to determine that the man had died.
At 3.45 p.m., the emergency services were then deployed to Hünenberg See, where private individuals had also discovered the lifeless body of a woman on the shore of Lake Zug. In this case too, it was only possible to determine the woman's death, as the police reported.
The identities of the deceased persons were still unclear on Sunday and the subject of further investigations, it was reported. Both bodies were transferred to the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Zurich to clarify the cause of death. According to the investigations carried out so far by the Zug police and the public prosecutor's office of the Canton of Zug, there were no indications of any third party involvement on Sunday afternoon.