Girl dies after Shoreham sea incident which killed Palestinian family
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Girl, 6, dies after family killed in sea off Shoreham
Published: 21 August 2026, 22:01 BST
Updated: 4 minutes ago
A six-year-old girl has died in hospital after getting into difficulty in the sea off Shoreham in West Sussex, in an incident which also killed three of her family members.
Saja El-Khawas, a British Palestinian, was pulled from the sea by emergency crews on Tuesday.
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