undreds of mourners have attended the funeral of a 12-year-old woman who died after being pulled from the ocean in Bournemouth.
More than 200 persons are reported to have attended the funeral for Sunnah Khan at High Wycombe Mosque in her dwelling city in Buckinghamshire.
A 17-year-old boy, from Southampton, was additionally pulled from the ocean and later died in hospital after Wednesday’s incident which concerned 10 swimmers within the water close to Bournemouth Pier.
Dorset Police mentioned it was persevering with to research the circumstances of the incident.
Emergency providers have been referred to as to the scene, filled with individuals on half-term holidays, simply after 4.30pm.
Eight different swimmers have been rescued and handled on the seashore.
RNLI and Dorset Police have had an “increased presence” alongside the seafront over the weekend following the incident.
An earlier police assertion confirmed there was no bodily contact with a jet ski or boat and no-one jumped from the pier through the incident.
A person in his 40s, who was on the water on the time of the incident, was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and has since been launched whereas inquiries proceed.
Inspections and searches have been persevering with of the sightseeing boat on the centre of the investigation into the incident.
The Dorset Belle has been impounded by Dorset Police however they've declined to touch upon any investigation into the boat and refused to say what or if any vessel was concerned.
Tobias Ellwood, Conservative MP for Bournemouth East, informed the PA news company he believed Dorset Police ought to present extra data to keep away from “wild speculation”.
He mentioned: “There needs to be a review, the police are conducting their investigation, there needs to be a review of the circumstances to see whether any safety measures and protocols need to be upgraded to ensure this doesn’t happen in the future.
“I encourage Dorset Police to clarify the general circumstances of this tragic accident to avoid further wild speculation and uncertainty for parents who may be cautious about going to any part of the beach, unclear of exactly what happened in this terrible incident.”
The vessel’s web site states that it was purpose-built as a passenger boat to function regionally and will “cope with the occasional challenging swell conditions encountered at local piers”.
Eyewitnesses have steered swimmers have been caught up in a harmful riptide resulting in the deadly incident.
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