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| Camber Sands deaths: Lifeguards to patrol over bank holiday | Camber Sands deaths: Lifeguards to patrol over bank holiday |
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| Lifeguards are to be deployed over the bank holiday weekend at Camber Sands, where five friends died during a day trip to the coast. | Lifeguards are to be deployed over the bank holiday weekend at Camber Sands, where five friends died during a day trip to the coast. |
| Rother District Council said the temporary RNLI lifeguard service would "reassure the public and advise on safety" at the East Sussex beach. | |
| It follows the deaths on Wednesday of the five men in their teens and 20s from south-east London. | It follows the deaths on Wednesday of the five men in their teens and 20s from south-east London. |
| Relatives have criticised the lack of lifeguards at Camber. | Relatives have criticised the lack of lifeguards at Camber. |
| The men who died have been named locally as Inthushan Sri, 23, Nitharsan Ravi, 22, Kurushanth Srithavarajah, 26, and Kobi Nathan, 21, and his 19-year-old brother Ken. | The men who died have been named locally as Inthushan Sri, 23, Nitharsan Ravi, 22, Kurushanth Srithavarajah, 26, and Kobi Nathan, 21, and his 19-year-old brother Ken. |
| Last month, 19-year-old Brazilian Gustavo Silva Da Cruz died while swimming in the sea at Camber. | Last month, 19-year-old Brazilian Gustavo Silva Da Cruz died while swimming in the sea at Camber. |
| Rother councillor Sally-Ann Hart said safety was under constant review but Camber had been categorised as a safe beach. | |
| "Having said that, the RNLI are providing a temporary service this weekend. | |
| "They are redeploying services from other beaches around the country to provide reassurance to visitors and holidaymakers in view of the recent tragedies because they are horrendous. | |
| "It might well be that lifeguards may be deployed in the future when all the evidence is looked at as to what caused these deaths." | |
| Lifeguards petition | |
| Rother council previously said that beach patrols were on duty to advise beachgoers of potential dangers. | |
| But Mr Ravi's sister Mayura, 17, said the family was angry the stretch of beach where the men died had not been blocked off following Mr Da Cruz's death. | But Mr Ravi's sister Mayura, 17, said the family was angry the stretch of beach where the men died had not been blocked off following Mr Da Cruz's death. |
| His brother Ajirthan, 19, said: "There wasn't any lifeguards cruising around. | His brother Ajirthan, 19, said: "There wasn't any lifeguards cruising around. |
| "Because they would have quickly noticed these boys drowning, and could have at least save their lives." | "Because they would have quickly noticed these boys drowning, and could have at least save their lives." |
| An online petition calling for lifeguards at Camber Sands has been signed by more than 7,000 people. | |
| The RNLI said the men could have got into trouble after failing to realise how quickly the tide would come in. | |
| It said it believed all five men fell into deep channels of water between sand-bars - mounds of sand created by wave and tide activity - which had been made deeper with the weekend storms. |