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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Maryam Zakir-Hussain and Jane Dalton

No jet skis or pier jumpers involved in Bournemouth beach deaths, police say

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No jet skis or pier jumping were involved in the deaths of two children at Bournemouth beach, Dorset Police have said.

There was also no physical contact between the 10 swimmers plucked from the waves on Wednesday evening and any vessel, the force added on Thursday. A 40-year-old man “on the water” at the time of the tragedy has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter.

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