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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ben Mitchell

Bournemouth beach deaths: Drownings ‘caused by riptide’

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An inquest has heard that two youngsters died from drowning after a “suggestion” that they got into difficulty by getting caught in a riptide in the sea off Bournemouth beach.

Joe Abbess, 17, from Southampton, and Sunnah Khan, 12, from Buckinghamshire, were rescued from the sea during the incident on Wednesday, but both died in hospital.

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