the Police have found boots and a pram in the shallows, close to where four people Monday, has been found lifeless.

A girl of kindergarten age is dead, two other children are in critical condition, and the same applies to an adult woman.

this is The status after three children and a woman Monday afternoon was retrieved lifeless out of the sea in Tromsø in northern Norway.

It informs the hospital in the Norwegian city, which had brought the three children and the woman in the late afternoon on Monday.

- Right now we can't say whether there is a criminal action, whether it is an accident, or what has happened, says police chief Anita Hermandsen at a press conference Monday evening.

Police found boots and a pram in the shallows, close to where the four persons were found. There were also traces of them on the way down towards the water.

Police do not know the persons ' nationality or identity. The police, however, have a theory about who the characters are, writes NTB.

The four people were given first aid on the spot, before they were driven to the university hospital North-Norway.

the Police received a report of an incident Monday at 17.28.

- the Message was that there had been seen a pram, and there were traces down to the water. When the reviewer came down to the water, found some things in the shallows, which meant that the police had to make inquiries.

- Which was then picked four people up, says Anita Hermandsen.

After Betcup the found led the aerial search including divers and a helicopter in a period after the additional persons in the water.

Police have launched a major investigation of the case, and it has asked the municipality of Tromsø to set up a krisehold.

/ritzau/NTB