Funeral held for 12-year-old girl pulled from sea in Bournemouth
A funeral has been held for a 12-year-old girl who died after being pulled from the sea in Bournemouth.
Sunnah Khan, from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, was named locally after she died in the incident involving 10 swimmers on Wednesday. More than 200 people are understood to have attended Sunnah's funeral, held by High Wycombe Mosques on Saturday.Sunnah and the teenage boy, who were not known to each other,Image source,RNLI and Dorset Police have had an "increased presence" along the seafront over the weekend
Emergency services were called to the scene, which was packed with people on half-term holidays, just after 16:30 BST.RNLI and Dorset Police have had an "increased presence" along the seafront over the weekend following the incident.and no-one jumped from the pier during the incident. A man in his 40s, who was on the water at the time of the incident, was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and has since been released while inquiries continue.
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