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Katie Weston & Jordan Shepherd

Cause of death for beach victims explained after speculation online

A boy and girl died of drowning off Bournemouth beach last week, an inquest has heard following a "suggestion" they got caught in a riptide

Joe Abbess, a 17-year-old from Southampton, and Sunnah Khan, a 12-year-old from Buckinghamshire, were rescued off the coast of Bournemouth on Wednesday May, 31, but tragically died hours later in hospital.

The Mirror reports that an inquest into the incident was held on Monday, June 5, amid concerns over a lack of clarity from police about the deaths. Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We do need to understand, learn lessons from this, provide clarity early on - just so people can have an assurance of mind as to what roughly happened."

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