Sunnah Khan was swimming along with her brother when the incident occurred (Image: Getty/PA/Sunnah Khan)
Tributes have been paid to an ‘angel’ schoolgirl who died whereas swimming off Bournemouth seaside along with her brother.
Sunnah Khan, from Buckinghamshire, misplaced her life after moving into issue within the sea on the Dorset resort on Wednesday.
The 12-year-old was pulled from the water and airlifted to hospital in a essential situation earlier than dying shortly after.
Greater than 200 family and friends members gathered at her funeral yesterday on the Central Mosque in Excessive Wycombe.
She was described as an ‘angel’ and an ‘absolute pressure of nature’ (Image: Nigel Ramdial)
An air ambulance arrives on the scene of the incident on Wednesday afternoon (Image: PA)
Sunnah was remembered as a preferred scholar and looking out ahead to a brilliant future, The Solar reported.
‘She might be missed by everybody, she was highly regarded and her dying will depart a gap that might be not possible to fill, ‘ a household good friend mentioned.
‘She had a lot extra to sit up for. She was an angel.’
Others described Sunnah as ‘an absolute pressure of nature’, who was ‘preferred by all and beloved by so many’.
Flowers are left for the victims at Bournemouth Pier and seaside (Image: Getty)
A cruise boat known as the Dorset Belle which has been impounded at Cobb’s Quay Marina in Poole (Image: PA)
Mohammed Rafiq, a trustee on the Wycombe Islamic Mission and Mosque, mentioned folks travelled from cities throughout the area to pay their respects to the sufferer.
The 65-year-old advised the newspaper: ‘What occurred is tragic for the household.
‘They’re very hard-working and properly revered, it is a close-knit neighborhood.’
Emergency providers together with two air ambulances, the coastguard, firefighters and police descended on the seaside shortly after 4.30pm.
A 17-year-old boy from Southampton was additionally pronounced lifeless in hospital, and one other eight had been rescued from the ocean.
Flowers, candles and playing cards have since been left on the pier for the victims by lo
Dorset Police arrested a person in his 40s who was ‘on the water’ on the time of the incident on suspicion of manslaughter, however he has since been launched underneath investigation.
The 2 victims had been from separate teams visiting the seaside and the arrested man was not identified to them, the pressure confirmed earlier this week.
Officers are additionally persevering with to go looking the Dorset Belle, with the 78ft sightseeing boat nonetheless underneath guard in Poole Harbour.
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