In Hoogeveen, emergency services are looking for a drowning person in the water at the Nijstad pavilion.
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The victim is said to have entered the water this afternoon and disappeared under water. According to a photographer, employees of the pavilion initially dived into the water to save the drowning person. Visitors to the pavilion have since been turned away.
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Later, divers from the fire brigade from Emmen and Zwolle arrived on the scene to look for the victim. Emergency services also searched around the water. A police helicopter supported the search from the air.
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