UPDATE: Bodies found on Birling Gap beach

Further information has been released by police after the bodies of three people were found at Birling Gap.

By The Newsroom

Published 6th Mar 2018, 16:35 BST

Updated 8th Jun 2018, 00:32 BST

Sussex Police say a member of the public discovered the bodies of a man and two small children on the beach at the foot of cliffs at 5pm yesterday (Monday).

A spokesperson said, “Emergency services attended and although formal identification has not yet taken place it is believed the bodies are those of a 57-year-old man and two boys, aged seven and 10.

“They are believed to be a father and his two sons from an address in Twickenham, West London, where the body of a woman was found on Monday afternoon.

“The deaths are being treated as suspicious and an investigation is under way, led by the Metropolitan Police with support from Sussex Police.”

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