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| Bournemouth: Girl, 12, and boy, 17, die after incident off beach | Bournemouth: Girl, 12, and boy, 17, die after incident off beach |
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| The beach was cleared along with nearby Pier Approach in Bournemouth | The beach was cleared along with nearby Pier Approach in Bournemouth |
| A 12-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy have died after being pulled from the sea off Bournemouth Pier. | A 12-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy have died after being pulled from the sea off Bournemouth Pier. |
| Eight other people were treated for non-life-threatening injuries after emergency services were called at 16:32 BST on Wednesday. | Eight other people were treated for non-life-threatening injuries after emergency services were called at 16:32 BST on Wednesday. |
| A man in his 40s, who was on the water at the time, has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, Dorset Police said. | A man in his 40s, who was on the water at the time, has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, Dorset Police said. |
| It is not clear how the pair, who died in hospital, sustained their injuries. | It is not clear how the pair, who died in hospital, sustained their injuries. |
| The coastguard said it had conducted a search to make sure there were no other people missing and was "satisfied there are not". | The coastguard said it had conducted a search to make sure there were no other people missing and was "satisfied there are not". |
| In a statement, Det Ch Supt Neil Corrigan said the beach was "very busy" at the time and appealed for anyone with information to come forward. | |
| "We are at the early stages of our investigation and would ask people not to speculate about the circumstances surrounding the incident," he said. | "We are at the early stages of our investigation and would ask people not to speculate about the circumstances surrounding the incident," he said. |
| This air ambulance landed on Bournemouth beach | This air ambulance landed on Bournemouth beach |
| The beach was also cleared, along with the nearby Pier Approach, with a cordon set up. | The beach was also cleared, along with the nearby Pier Approach, with a cordon set up. |
| Eeman Qamar, from Southampton, was on the beach with her mother and three-month-old baby at the time. | Eeman Qamar, from Southampton, was on the beach with her mother and three-month-old baby at the time. |
| She told the BBC that just after 16:00 lifeguards began to tell people to clear the beach, saying there had been a major incident. | |
| "After about 20 minutes, the first air ambulance arrived and landed right in the middle of the beach," she said. | "After about 20 minutes, the first air ambulance arrived and landed right in the middle of the beach," she said. |
| "The lifeguards started getting on jet skis and boats, searching the sea and about 20 minutes later the second air ambulance arrived and it took another hour-and-a-half for them to finish the whole search and rescue operation." | "The lifeguards started getting on jet skis and boats, searching the sea and about 20 minutes later the second air ambulance arrived and it took another hour-and-a-half for them to finish the whole search and rescue operation." |
| In Bournemouth - Duncan Kennedy, BBC News | |
| There isn't a clear picture emerging at all: that is the subject of a police investigation. | |
| What we do know for certain is that everybody here has been left stunned by this double tragedy. | |
| I've been speaking to joggers and walkers this morning, and some surfers out in the water here already and they simply cannot believe it. | |
| This is such a benign setting, a beautiful sandy beach, safe waters normally for children to play in, it attracts families from all over the country. | |
| I spoke to a person from Stoke-on-Trent, a person from south London just this morning as the beach starts to gather people to it again and they can't believe it. | |
| Some of them saw the incident yesterday, they saw the helicopter activity and the ambulance activity but they say something like this just does not happen in a beautiful place like this. | |
| It was crowded with people here on their half-term holidays and they said they saw the incident unfolding but they did not get a sense of tragedy until that police statement was put out. | |
| A cordon was set up near the pier | A cordon was set up near the pier |
| Kathryn Walton, from Oxford, was also on the scene with her family and described seeing lifeguards and "loads of people rushing on to the beach". | Kathryn Walton, from Oxford, was also on the scene with her family and described seeing lifeguards and "loads of people rushing on to the beach". |
| She said people were moved away from an area of the beach as several other emergency service vehicles arrived. | She said people were moved away from an area of the beach as several other emergency service vehicles arrived. |
| Another eyewitness, Trevor Pinto, had been walking along the pier with his 16-year-old son and said the incident happened "very close" by. | Another eyewitness, Trevor Pinto, had been walking along the pier with his 16-year-old son and said the incident happened "very close" by. |
| He said they watched as lifeguards attempted to resuscitate two people, adding: "It took me a while to realise, oh my god someone had lost their life". | He said they watched as lifeguards attempted to resuscitate two people, adding: "It took me a while to realise, oh my god someone had lost their life". |
| Bournemouth West MP Conor Burns expressed his condolences to the families of those who died and said the incident was a "salutary lesson that our beaches and ocean can give much pleasure but danger is ever present". | Bournemouth West MP Conor Burns expressed his condolences to the families of those who died and said the incident was a "salutary lesson that our beaches and ocean can give much pleasure but danger is ever present". |
| "A dreadful event in circumstances when they were enjoying beautiful weather in our town. So sad," he wrote on Twitter. "Thanks to the lifeguards and the Air Ambulance who we can take for granted." | "A dreadful event in circumstances when they were enjoying beautiful weather in our town. So sad," he wrote on Twitter. "Thanks to the lifeguards and the Air Ambulance who we can take for granted." |
| Anyone with any information is being asked to contact Dorset Police via the force's website or by calling 101, quoting occurrence number 55230083818. Crimestoppers can also be contacted anonymously via its website or on freephone 0800 555 111. | Anyone with any information is being asked to contact Dorset Police via the force's website or by calling 101, quoting occurrence number 55230083818. Crimestoppers can also be contacted anonymously via its website or on freephone 0800 555 111. |
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