It was on Monday that the boy, who played in a British team in the football tournament, visited a bathhouse in Alingsås. He was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a drowning incident.
“(He) had been in a coma for several days and efforts to bring him home to the UK were unsuccessful. He has now tragically passed away,” writes the mosque to which the boy belonged on social media.
The police confirm the death.
I can confirm that, that information came to us last night, says Johan Josarp, officer on duty at the police in the West region.
Last summer, a 15-year-old boy drowned in the same bathhouse. He also played in a foreign team in the Gothia cup.
The mosque asks for respect for the family and for them to be left to grieve in peace, GP reports.