Police at the moment are probing the demise of the 2 schoolboys from St, Michael’s School in Dublin who died on vacation and consider they could have been spiked. (Image: PA)
Two Irish schoolboys who died on the Greek island of Ios this weekend may have had their drinks spiked, investigators consider.
A probe has now been launched into the deaths of the 2 18-year-old classmates, Andrew O’Donnell and Max Wall.
Their deaths are stated to have ‘traumatised’ their buddies, who’re flying dwelling at the moment.
The youngsters had been on a post-exam vacation celebrating the tip of their secondary training with dozens of classmates from Dublin’s St Michael’s School when tragedy struck.
Andrew is believed to have fallen and hit his head whereas strolling dwelling from an evening out alongside cliffs on the island of Ios.
A whole bunch of Irish college students had been holidaying in Ios (Image: Getty Photographs/iStockphoto)
Andrew O’Donnell’s physique was found on Saturday
Max Wall, 18, died after collapsing on the port on the island of Ios
‘He should have taken a flawed path,’ police spokesman Konstantine Dimoglidou stated following his sudden demise within the early hours of Saturday.
Hours later, Andrew’s classmate Max was ready for a ferry on the island’s port when he collapsed. He was rushed to an area well being centre, however he couldn’t be saved.
It has now emerged Max had beforehand undergone coronary heart surgical procedure and reportedly turned distressed when he heard the tragic information about Andrew.
Police spokesperson Konstantina Dimoglidou informed the MailOnline: ‘Whereas the accidents on his [Andrew’s] neck and head counsel at first look that he strayed off track; that he tripped and fell, we’re additionally exploring prison negligence,’
‘The drinks that he and his classmates consumed might have been tampered with, main him to the state he was in when he left the bar early Saturday to return to his lodge.’
Dimoglidou added a autopsy because of be carried out Tuesday on the port metropolis of Pireaus could be ‘pivotal’ in establishing the reason for demise for O’Donnell and his fellow classmate Wall.
Andrew and Max had been pupils at St Michael’s School in Dublin, the place flowers have been left (Image: PA)
The Irish tricolour and the college flag are flown at half mast exterior St Michael’s School (PIcture: PA)
Faculty principal Tim Kelleher stated: ‘All of them wish to depart. They had been traumatised and other people had been saying I wish to get dwelling.
‘South Dublin is a small parish, all the colleges know one another, they play in opposition to one another, they’re buddies with one another, there are older siblings and buddies everywhere in the space who’re deeply devastated.
‘It’s a tight-knit neighborhood. When one thing like this occurs there may be a number of hysteria and a number of worry and fogeys are ringing and everyone seems to be traumatised particularly the boys who had been with Andrew and Max. They’re traumatised.
‘They simply wish to come dwelling and shall be all dwelling within the subsequent 48 hours.’
Mr Kelleher described Andrew as a ‘improbable younger man, nice sportsman, improbable footballer’, who was academically vibrant and looking out ahead to beginning college.
He described Max as ‘very vibrant’, ‘obsessed with rugby’ and had ‘the world at his toes’.
He was ‘stuffed with optimism and hope for the longer term’, Mr Kelleher added.
Irish Tánaiste Micheál Martin yesterday stated: ‘It’s devastating and essentially the most traumatic information that any mother or father may hear and it’s each mother or father’s nightmare and plenty of of our little children go overseas after Leaving Certificates and after exams.
‘Clearly lots of their buddies are on the market in Ios and it’s a really, very tough time for them now and we simply ask them to take care of one another over the following variety of days and within the tough time forward.’
Dimoglidou added a autopsy because of be carried out Tuesday on the port metropolis of Pireaus could be ‘pivotal’ in establishing the reason for demise for O’Donnell and his fellow classmate Wall.
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