The victims were today formally named by police as 22-year-old Nitharsan Ravi, Kenugen Saththiyanathan, 18, known as Ken Nathan, and his brother Kobikanthan Saththiyanathan, 22, known as Kobi Nathan, Gurushanth Srithavarajah, 27, and 23-year-old Inthushan Sriskantharasa.
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Chief Superintendent Di Roskilly, of Sussex Police, said: “This has been an incredibly tragic incident and we are offering their next of kin support at this hard time and our thoughts are with them”.
“This has been an incredibly tragic incident and we are offering their next of kin support at this hard time and our thoughts are with them”.
“These men were not fully clothed when they were pulled from the sea but wearing clothes appropriate for being at the beach”.
Rudd, the home secretary, added: “This morning I spoke to Katy Bourne, Sussex police and crime commissioner, to discuss what steps can be taken to try to prevent something similar from happening in the future”.
The bodies of two more young men were then found in the water between 8.15pm and 8.45pm that evening. And there are are several “danger beaches” which appear to be a bigger risk than others. Ken and Indu were underneath the water and the emergency services didn’t know they were there.
The man ignored clear warnings signs and took the plunge with the child at Camber Sands Lifeguards are on duty at Brighton throughout this weekend Playing it safe.
A spokesperson added: “We are in regular discussion with emergency services and other colleagues to ensure that the measures now in place are sufficient and identify any additional measures that may need to be taken, either in terms of arrangements at the beach or doing more to educate people of the dangers of the sea”. If you see photographs of the sea at the time, it’s very calm.
Mr Ravi’s family said they felt “very angry” at the lack of response from the authorities following the death of another man, Brazilian Gustavo Silva Da Cruz, 19, at Camber last month.
Patrols on the beach at Camber Sands.
But they were caught in a rip tide as the fast incoming tide caused a rip current which swept them out.
More people have started visiting who may not be familiar with the area, they added.
“From that point they tried to save themselves by swimming. back – they are good swimmers – but the problem is the tide was strong so that they couldn’t swim back”. We don’t want to lose more people like how we lost in our family, it shouldn’t happen to anyone.
Commentators on social media have asked why no lifeguards were present at the beach. The district council carries out assessments of the area and has concluded that it has decided none are needed.
The bank holiday RNLI service at Camber Sands, near Rye in East Sussex, is created to “reassure the public and advise on safety”, said council officials.
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“To date this has not identified the need for lifeguards to be deployed at the beach and there have never been lifeguards employed at the beach”.
