Aussie tourist makes disturbing claim about Fiji resort where young boy was killed
An Aussie tourist has spoken out about an injury he sustained while holidaying at Club Wyndham Denarau Island resort in Fiji, where an 8-year-old boy died last week.
Cairo Winitana passed away while on holiday with his family, after he was chasing frogs in the five-star resort’s flower garden when he allegedly touched a light that delivered him a fatal electric shock.
Now, an Aussie tourist who visited the resort last year says he too received an electric shock on the grounds of the luxury villa.
The unnamed holiday-goer says he was shocked by an exposed light fitting, where wires were draped between two lampposts where they got wet from the rain.
The damaged light delivered a hefty shock to the tourist, but he walked away relatively unharmed.
After Cairo was found unresponsive in the gardens of the resort, desperate guests tried to revive him, as they shared the distress for the young boy.
Thomas Meier told The Daily Telegraph that he found the youngster unconscious in a garden bed.
He told the publication he believed the child had been fatally injured after innocently playing with frogs near a bolt which was screwed into the ground where a live current was coming from.
“As we were walking through the gardens we just saw this boy face down in the garden,” Mr Meier, 24, said.
“My uncle went up to him and we were trying to tap him on the shoulder to see if he was responsive and he wasn’t moving.”
He explained that his uncle received an electric shock as he assisted Cairo, before bystanders rushed to help.
The child’s mother, Amber de Thierry, was soon found by resort guests, with Mr Meier describing her intense distress.
“Eventually the mum turned up and she was screaming, crying, calling out to her son Cairo. She had one of her relatives hugging her,” he said.
“We were all just sitting around hoping this little boy is going to wake up after a couple of shots of this defibrillator.”
A post-mortem examination on Tuesday day confirmed Cairo’s cause of death was electrocution, as previously suspected.
A devastated Ms de Thierry has also shared an emotional tribute to her beloved boy on social media.
“I loved you my son, from the moment I found out I was carrying you and will love you forever more my beautiful blue eyes,” she wrote.
Loved ones have since set up at GoFundMe page to help Ms de Thierry and her partner Clarke Winitana bring Cairo’s body home.
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