British tourist, 17, drowns in Swiss lake

A 17-year-old Briton on holiday with his family has drowned in Lake Cauma in Graubünden, eastern Switzerland. The young man was trying to swim to the shore from a small island when he got into difficulty. The incident occurred at around 5:45pm on Thursday, according to a statement issued on Friday by the Graubünden police. Several people immediately rushed to help, swimming and using canoes, and brought him to the shore of the island from which he had set off. There, some paramedics who happe...

By swissinfo.ch