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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Caroline Davies

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Bournemouth pier boat operations suspended after swimmer deaths - The Untold Story

Sunnah Khan and Joe Abbess drowned near to Bournemouth pier on 31 May.
Sunnah Khan and Joe Abbess drowned near to Bournemouth pier on 31 May. Photograph: PA

All boat operations have been suspended off Bournemouth pier following the deaths of two young swimmers last week, the local authority has announced.

Trainee chef Joe Abbess, 17, from Southampton, and Sunnah Khan, 12, from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, drowned and eight others were treated by paramedics after they were suspected to have been caught in a riptide next to the pier at the Dorset seaside resort on 31 May.

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