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| Barmouth coast search for missing teenagers suspended | |
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| The search for two teenagers missing off the Gwynedd coast has been called off for the night. | |
| Waseem Muflihi, 15, and Yahya Mohammed, 14, got into difficulty in the water at Barmouth beach on Sunday afternoon. | Waseem Muflihi, 15, and Yahya Mohammed, 14, got into difficulty in the water at Barmouth beach on Sunday afternoon. |
| They were part of a group of about 500 visitors from the Somali and Yemeni communities in Birmingham. | They were part of a group of about 500 visitors from the Somali and Yemeni communities in Birmingham. |
| The coastguard resumed a search of the shoreline on Monday evening and will start again at first light on Tuesday. | |
| David Baily, the RNLI's lifeboat operations manager at Barmouth, said it had been stopped on Monday afternoon while teams waited for the right tidal conditions. | David Baily, the RNLI's lifeboat operations manager at Barmouth, said it had been stopped on Monday afternoon while teams waited for the right tidal conditions. |
| The coastguard said one person had been seen to "disappear under the water" and another person in the same group tried to help but managed to get out safely. | The coastguard said one person had been seen to "disappear under the water" and another person in the same group tried to help but managed to get out safely. |
| Zaid Hassan, chairman of the Yemeni Community Association in Birmingham, helped organise the trip and said there were two Somali families while the rest were Yemeni. | Zaid Hassan, chairman of the Yemeni Community Association in Birmingham, helped organise the trip and said there were two Somali families while the rest were Yemeni. |
| He said the 15-year-old is Yemeni and when his mother found out she fainted, needing hospital treatment, but has now returned to Birmingham with the rest of the group. | He said the 15-year-old is Yemeni and when his mother found out she fainted, needing hospital treatment, but has now returned to Birmingham with the rest of the group. |
| The other boy is Somali. | The other boy is Somali. |
| "As soon as we arrived in Barmouth, we gathered together to enjoy the day but unfortunately the happiness did not last long," said Mr Hassan. | "As soon as we arrived in Barmouth, we gathered together to enjoy the day but unfortunately the happiness did not last long," said Mr Hassan. |
| "After one hour, two boys in the sea were struggling to get out but they couldn't. | "After one hour, two boys in the sea were struggling to get out but they couldn't. |
| "A number of the community were trying to rescue them but the wind and the waves were strong and they couldn't do much. | "A number of the community were trying to rescue them but the wind and the waves were strong and they couldn't do much. |
| "At first we thought it was just one man struggling [in the sea]. He could not swim back to the beach. | "At first we thought it was just one man struggling [in the sea]. He could not swim back to the beach. |
| "The emergency rescue team was called and then the man said there were also two boys. | "The emergency rescue team was called and then the man said there were also two boys. |
| "He said: 'I tried [to save them] but I couldn't.' | "He said: 'I tried [to save them] but I couldn't.' |
| He added: "We are shocked, it's tragedy and for the families we are so upset. | He added: "We are shocked, it's tragedy and for the families we are so upset. |
| "It's like a dream. We cannot believe what's happened." | "It's like a dream. We cannot believe what's happened." |
| After the teenagers went missing, a coastguard rescue helicopter, lifeboats, coastguard rescue teams and police were all involved in the search. | After the teenagers went missing, a coastguard rescue helicopter, lifeboats, coastguard rescue teams and police were all involved in the search. |
| Conditions in the area were "choppy" and searches were carried out in strong winds but the boys were not found. | Conditions in the area were "choppy" and searches were carried out in strong winds but the boys were not found. |
| A coastguard spokeswoman said: "There were a lot of people there - our report was that there were a number of people in the water and two people unaccounted for, one person had been seen to disappear under the water. | A coastguard spokeswoman said: "There were a lot of people there - our report was that there were a number of people in the water and two people unaccounted for, one person had been seen to disappear under the water. |
| "When the group on the beach checked who they had with them and who they didn't there were two people from the group unaccounted for and missing in the water." | "When the group on the beach checked who they had with them and who they didn't there were two people from the group unaccounted for and missing in the water." |