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FIVE MEN HAVE died after being pulled from the water at Camber Sands in Kent near Rye, East Sussex.
A sixth person is thought to be missing after the tragedy.
All five men, despite efforts to save them, died at the scene yesterday.
Sussex Police believe the men were all in their late teens and early 20s and came from the Greater London area.
They had gone to the beach together on what was the hottest day of the year in England so far.
Chief Superintendent Di Roskilly said: “These men were not fully-clothed when they were pulled from the sea but wearing clothes appropriate for being at the beach for the day.
This has been an incredibly tragic incident and we are offering their next of kin support at this difficult time and our thoughts are with them.
Emergency services were called to the beach at 2.10pm yesterday to reports of a person in the sea.
While they were at the scene, another person was seen in difficulty at 2.20pm and 15 minutes later a third person was rescued. The bodies of a further two men were found in the water between 8.15pm and 8.45pm.
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I live fairly close to Camber. It is a beautiful sandy beach. On hot days like yesterday it becomes very crowded. Upwards of 50,000 on the beach. There are no lifeguards stationed there just a beach patrol. The sea is quite enticing but there are strong rip currents and tidal variations. Day trippers are not aware of this and unfortunately many get caught out. Another young man drowned in the same spot a few weeks ago. Tragic waste of life!
Tragic, I wonder were they trying to save one another. RIP
They were all from sri lanka. RIP. Something dodgy about this story, the police are refusing to release details. It was in broad daylight and the sea was very calm. Very strange.
SKY news last night speculated they were migrants from the jungle……
I dunno, I’ve seen Bondi Rescue and on more then one occasion the lifeguards have pulled out groups of South Asian men all in trouble. It would appear that they just like to stick close together when they are out, including swimming.
Madness.. Hate when $hit like this happens… R.I.P
Very sad news.
Katie Hopkins posted some unsavoury remarks about this tragedy on her Twitter & is subject to a police complaint to Twitter.
I had literally just read the article in the Telegraph and the beach was packed – and from the pic, I mean, it was rammed. With so many people on such a popular beach, how did the public & lifeguards not save at least one of these young men.
Something just doesn’t sit right with me on this.
May they rest in peace.
Beaches like this, Bournemouth, Brighton, Littlehampton etc. – don’t exist here, in terms of massive crowding. People just tend to concentrate on their immediate family or group.
Just hoping this isn’t a stag. Is a tragedy fort all families.
Because it being a stag would compound the grief yeah?
5 young men have lost their lives. Their immediate families, friends, partners are all suffering. May they Rest In P
Rest In Peace.
Rest in p, that not nice
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