Three dead after family get into difficulty in water off Shoreham-by-Sea

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How it spread - 9 original reports

1. Tue, 18 August 2026

   1 report
   • The Guardian World22:23first to report
     Three dead after family get into difficulty in water off Shoreham-by-Sea

     A man, woman and teenage girl have died, while a younger girl is in a critical condition, say Sussex police A couple and their teenage daughter have died after getting into difficulty in the sea off the West Sussex coast, police said on Tuesday. A man, a woman and a teenage girl died after the incident in Shoreham-by-Sea, the chief superintendent of Sussex police, James Collis, said. Continue reading...

2. Wed, 19 August 2026

   6 reports
   • RMF24 (Poland)06:38
     Weszli do morza, by popływać. Troje członków rodziny nie żyje, czwarta walczy o życie

     Weszli do morza, by popływać. Troje członków rodziny nie żyje, czwarta walczy o życie

   • Polsat News (Poland)08:52
     Weszli do morza, aby popływać, trzy osoby zginęły. Rodzinna tragedia wstrząsnęła Anglią

     Trzy osoby z tej samej rodziny zginęły u wybrzeży południowej Anglii. Jak informuje policja hrabstwa Sussex, chodzi o kobietę, mężczyznę oraz nastolatkę. W stanie krytycznym do szpitala trafiła młodsza dziewczynka. Lekarze walczą o jej życie.

   • dailymail.com13:16edited after publishing
     Family who drowned off Sussex beach were from Palestine

     Hassan El-Khawas, 55, his partner Zeina Alayn, 37, and their teenage daughter Sara, 14, all drowned while swimming in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, at around 3pm yesterday.

   • Al Jazeera English14:52
     Palestinian refugee and two relatives drown off English coast

     A girl is taken to hospital in critical condition in what PM Burnham calls a 'terrible family tragedy'.

   • The Guardian World17:48edited after publishing
     Couple who died with their daughter off Sussex coast named by police

     previouslyMan who died with woman and girl off Sussex coast was Palestinian refugee

     Officers still investigating deaths of Zeina Alayn, Hassan El-Khawas and daughter Sara El-Khawas at Shoreham-by-Sea A father, mother and their teenage daughter who died off the Sussex coast on Tuesday have been identified. Sussex police named the victims as Hassan El-Khawas, 55, his partner, Zeina Alayn, 37, and their 14-year-old daughter, Sara El-Khawas. A younger girl who was also part of the family is in hospital in a critical condition. She has not been named. Continue reading...

   • bbc.co.uk18:45
     Family named after three die in sea off Shoreham beach

     Police say the family travelled from their home in London and went into the sea for a swim.

3. Fri, 21 August 2026

   1 report
   • The Guardian World22:50
     Girl, 6, dies three days after Shoreham sea incident that killed parents and sister

     Saja El-Khawas had been in critical condition after being pulled from sea in West Sussex A six-year-old girl has died in hospital three days after being pulled from the sea off Shoreham in West Sussex, in an incident that also killed her mother, father and sister. Saja El-Khawas died on Friday after the deaths of her sister Sara El-Khawas, 14, and her parents Hassan El-Khawas, 55, and Zeina Alayn, 37, on Tuesday. Continue reading...

4. Sat, 22 August 2026

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   • Al Jazeera English01:42
     Palestinian-British girl, 6, dies days after family drowned off UK coast

     Saja el-Khawas's death follows that of her mother, father and sister on Tuesday, all of whom drowned.