Swimming pool. File Photo

The body
of a six-year-old child was retrieved from the murky green waters of a
residential swimming pool on Saturday evening.

Divers
from the Ekurhuleni Water Wing as well as the Johannesburg Search and Rescue
were called to the scene after the child had fallen into the pool.

In
pictures shared on social media, a diver can be seen trying to navigate the
murky pool as bystanders looked on. 

Once the
body was recovered, the diver had to be hosed down to remove the green muck.

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