{"id":358131,"date":"2026-06-29T13:54:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=358131"},"modified":"2026-06-29T13:54:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:24:20","slug":"two-boys-aged-eight-and-10-die-in-hot-automobile-in-cyprus-after-being-left-to-sleep-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/two-boys-aged-eight-and-10-die-in-hot-automobile-in-cyprus-after-being-left-to-sleep-news-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Two boys, aged eight and 10, die in hot automobile in Cyprus ‘after being left to sleep’ | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Two children found dead at an RAF base in Cyprus were reportedly playing after being locked in a automobile within the searing heat (Picture: Each day Mail)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two boys have been found dead after being allegedly left to sleep in a automobile parked at a British air base in Cyprus.<\/p>\n

Authorities found the boys, aged eight and 10, trapped in a hot vehicle within the British overseas territory of Dhekelia on the south east of the island.<\/p>\n

The youngsters were believed to have been playing while locked of their mother\u2019s automobile andappear to have died from suffocation and warmth burns from exposure to the sun, Cyprus Mail <\/a>reported.<\/p>\n

Police were tipped off by an area resident that the boys were stuck within the automobile.<\/p>\n

Rescuers broke into the vehicle through its windows, before rushing the youngsters to hospital, where they were confirmed dead.<\/p>\n

British officers have arrested their father and stepmother, aged 30 and 34 on suspicion of negligence.<\/p>\n

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The pair are attributable to appear in court today at 11am local time.<\/p>\n

In accordance with the leader of the Xylophafou community Giorgos Loulianos, the boys had come to Cyprus to see their parents who work on the RAF base.<\/p>\n

The incident is the newest as a serious heatwave saw multiple European countries scorching in 40\u00b0C temperatures.<\/p>\n

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Temperatures across Europe reached above 40\u00b0C, resulting in 1,000 deaths. Tourists in Rome struggled to take care of high temperatures, resulting in queues to refill water bottles (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An 18-month-old baby was amongst 4 dead in France after emergency services were overwhelmed with call-outs throughout the searing heat.<\/p>\n

Earlier int he week, two children aged two and 4 died after they were left within the automobile by their mum. <\/p>\n

French officials confirmed one other 1,000 elderly and in poor health people had died attributable to the intense heat since June 24, with a lot of the additional fatalities aged 65 and above.<\/p>\n

He was present in a vehicle having been allegedly left by a parent as they travelled to work.<\/p>\n

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Last week, London Ambulance Service said it had taken a record variety of emergency calls on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The World Health Organisaton (WHO) warned that Europe was heating twice as fast as anywhere else on the planet.<\/p>\n

Its directorr-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that \u2018once-in-a-generation\u2019 heatwaves were now annual phenomena attributable to climate change.<\/p>\n

He wrote on X: \u2018Right away 150 million individuals are living under extreme heat, tons of have died, schools are shut, grids are buckling.<\/p>\n

\u2018Greater than 1300 excess deaths have been recorded since 21 June linked to high temperatures in Europe. <\/p>\n

\u2018Heat stress is usually called the \u2018silent killer\u2019 \u2013 and European homes, workplaces and schools weren’t built for these temperatures.\u2019<\/p>\n

Following a transient respite from the extraordinary heat for many this week, soaring temperatures are set to soon return to the UK.<\/p>\n

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