Bournemouth beach deaths inquest told riptide may have led to drowning

Sunnah Khan, 12, and Joe Abbess, 17, died on 31 May after getting into difficulty off Bournemouth beach. Photograph: Social media/PA

Two young people who died in the sea off a crowded Bournemouth beach last week drowned after a “suggestion” they got caught in a riptide, an inquest opening in the town has heard.

Joe Abbess, who was 17 years old and from Southampton, and Sunnah Khan, who was 12 and from High Wycombe, both died on 31 May.