BREAKING: A 17-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl have died following an incident off Bournemouth beach. Dorset police say they've arrested a man in his 40s on suspicion of manslaughter.
A cordon was put in place around the area to keep beach-goers away from the scene.
Eeman Qamar, from Southampton, was on the beach with her mother and three-month-old baby at the time of the incident.: 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 a statement, the coastguard said: 'Two people had been pulled from the water and passed into the care of the ambulance service. 'Coastguards searched to make sure there were no other people missing, and are satisfied there are not.'Meanwhile, a Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue spokesperson confirmed the service had been called to East Beach area to support a 'multi-agency incident.'
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