A couple has been placed under house arrest in Israel after one of their party guests died when he was sucked into a hole that formed at the bottom of their pool.
The man and woman, both in their 60s, are suspected of causing death by negligence, police said.
They were arrested on Thursday evening and the court decided to release them on Friday under “restrictive conditions of house arrest” for five days.
Israeli police said the dead 30-year-old man was found after a search mission involving police, emergency teams and the army.
The incident happened during a private party organized by the couple at their house in the town of Karmi Yosef, 40 kilometers (25 miles) southeast of the city of Tel Aviv.
30-year-old man after being sucked into a hole at a swimming pool in Israel
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A sinkhole is formed as a hole in the ground when water dissolves the surface rock.
According to National Geographic, the land around the Dead Sea in the Middle East is prone to sinkholes due to the prevalence of rock salt, which is easily dissolved by water.
Cellphone video from the scene showed floats and water being sucked to the bottom in the center of the pool as people sitting by the pool shouted in Hebrew.
A man is seen approaching the hole, slips and is almost pulled before retreating.
Israeli media quoted witnesses as saying that the party was attended by nearly 50 people, six of whom were in the pool, and also reported that the owner of the house built the pool without the proper permit.
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