A young child was killed by a falling ice sculpture at Luxembourg city’s Christmas market, police said.
Police said that initial evidence revealed the ice sculpture collapsed and a block of ice hit the young child at around 8pm.
‘The child was severely injured and died in the ambulance,’ the statement added.
Witnesses told local media that ambulance staff had attempted to revive the child at the scene.
An investigation has been opened.
The accident happened just meters from the ice rink at the capital city’s annual Christmas fair which opened on Thursday.
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