Lagoon Row: Child drowns in Melbourne’s south-east

A young child has died in a horrific drowning.

Emergency services rushed to Lagoon Row in Officer, a suburb in Melbourne’s south-east, at around 5pm on Sunday evening.

The child was pulled unconscious from the water and died on the spot.

Emergency services rushed to Lagoon Row in Officer, a south-east Melbourne suburb, at around 5pm on Sunday evening (stock image)

The age and gender of the child are not yet known.

The police do not consider the death suspicious.

A report will be prepared for the coroner.

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Victoria Police in relation to the incident.