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Girl, 6, dies after family killed in sea off Shoreham

Saja El-Khawas is the fourth person to die after her family got into difficulty in water off West Sussex.

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#1630
First seen
21 Aug 2026, 21:05 UTC
Last checked
22 Aug 2026, 12:51 UTC
Version history
8 versions
Current fingerprint
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Publisher layer

Recorded article metadata

Image URL supplied by BBC News England.
Publisher
BBC News England
Country
England / United Kingdom
Source published
22 Aug 2026, 09:09 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
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Source-supplied excerpt
Saja El-Khawas is the fourth person to die after her family got into difficulty in water off West Sussex.
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    Girl, 6, dies after family killed in sea off Shoreham

    Saja El-Khawas is the fourth person to die after her family got into difficulty in water off West Sussex.

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    Girl, 6, dies after family killed in sea off Shoreham

    Saja El-Khawas is the fourth person to die after her family got into difficulty in water off West Sussex.

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    Girl, 6, dies after family killed in sea off Shoreham

    Saja El-Khawas is the fourth person to die after her family got into difficulty in water off West Sussex.

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    Girl, 6, dies after family killed in sea off Shoreham

    Saja El-Khawas is the fourth person to die after her family got into difficulty in water in West Sussex.

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    Girl, 6, dies after family killed in sea off Shoreham

    She is the fourth person to die after her family got into difficulty in water in Shoreham.

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    Initial capture

    Girl dies after family killed in sea off Shoreham

    She is the fourth person to die after her family got into difficulty in water in Shoreham.

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Publisher categories are copied from source metadata. Machine signals report observable wording or format and do not determine truth, intent, ethics, or wrongdoing.

  • machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
  • machine language-signal Death or self-harm observable-rules-v1 / 65% rule confidence
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Capture ID
#1174
Observed
22 Aug 2026, 09:21 UTC
HTTP result
200 / parsed
Raw payload
18,199 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
Public boundary
metadata and excerpt