THREE FOUND WITHIN 500 METERS… 😳🌊 Police say no connection has been confirmed after three people were pulled from the sea near Brighton less than six hours earlier. However, what witnesses found on the beach has revealed the identity of the SUSPECTS
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TRAGEDY unfolded in Brighton yesterday after three bodies were pulled from the water – with cops now probing how their deaths happened.
Searchers discovered the bodies of three young women close to the Marina in the early hours.
Emergency services at the scene yesterday morningCredit: Eddie Mitchell
Coastguard officers and Police on Brighton beach
Details about what happened before that are scant, but what we do know is that cops were first called at 5.45am over concerns for one woman in the sea.
At some point after, or at the same time, two more also entered the water.
Detectives are understood to be probing whether the women entered the choppy 12C water close to where they were found before getting into difficulty.
The discovery of handbags and coats left abandoned on the shore suggests they took them off before getting into the water.
Emergency services scrambled to the beach near Brighton MarinaCredit: Brighton Pictures
Mystery still surrounds how the women came about their deathsCredit: Alamy
What they did before going into the sea remains a mystery.
Locals told The Sun the women had been dressed in “going-out clothes” and may have been partying near the seafront in the hours before the tragedy.
A cluster of beachfront nightclubs are a 1.5mile walk west along Brighton’s waterfront.
But the Marina is also near some smaller pubs and bars and residential housing.
The sea is said to have been very choppy yesterday morningCredit: PA
Coastguard boats were searching the sea yesterdayCredit: Eddie Mitchell
What may have started as a big night of fun, ended in a devastating night of horror.
Sources said they are believed to have been in their late teens or early 20s.
The alarm sparked a huge emergency response along the seafront.
After the sad discovery of the three bodies, officers then began investigating the circumstances leading to their deaths.
One local, who had been feeding birds near the scene at around 6am, told The Sun: “It was extremely windy, cold and choppy in the water.
“I’m not sure why anyone would have been in the sea. What’s happened is awful.”
Another added: “It’s absolutely tragic.
“I heard they were found close to the shore and pulled out but nothing could be done to save them.
