Camber Sands deaths: Victims '˜young adults from London'

Three men were pulled from the sea at around 2pm before two others were found at about 8.15pm.

Emergency services are no longer searching for anyone else with no one else reported missing.

Chief Superintendent Di Roskilly said: “We believe we now know who the men are and that they came to the beach together for the day.

“We believe they are all in their late teens and early 20s and come from the Greater London area.

“These men were not fully clothed when they were pulled from the sea but wearing clothes appropriate for being at the beach for the day.

“We have no further reports of anyone else missing from Camber and there are no on-going searches related to this incident.

“This has been an incredibly tragic incident and we are offering their next of kin support at this difficult time and our thoughts are with them.”

Emergency services were called to the beach at 2.10pm to reports of a person in the sea.

While they were on scene another person was seen in difficulty at 2.20pm and 15 minutes later a third person was rescued.

Despite best efforts to save them, they all died.

The bodies of a further two men were found in the water by members of the public between 8.15pm and 8.45pm.

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