Three bodies found near cliffs in Dover, say police

The our bodies of two males and a lady have been discovered close to cliffs in Dover.

Law enforcement officials had been known as out over concern for a person seen at 400ft excessive cliffs alongside Langdon Bay, Kent, and later discovered a physique on the base of the cliffs on Sunday afternoon.

Throughout the search, a coastguard rescue workforce made the grim discovery of two extra our bodies, of a person and a lady, half a mile away on the harbour arm of the Port of Dover - straight below the cliff face. 

Kent Police detectives don't consider their deaths are related to the primary man. 

Officers who had been alerted to concern for the welfare of a person at Langdon Cliffs discovered a physique on the base of the cliffs on Sunday afternoon (inventory picture)

Nevertheless, it's not identified at this stage if the person and lady discovered on the Harbour arm had been identified to one another.

The our bodies had been found close to an engineering compound below the cliffs. Straight above the cliffs is a nature reserve. 

The ages of the victims aren't identified at this stage.

Ed Baker of Dover RNLI stated: 'It is a tragic incident. We had been known as in by the Coastguard to assist with the search of the primary man.

'However his physique was discovered on a ledge close to the underside of the cliffs.

'It was too excessive up for our lifeboat crew to achieve so the Coastguard helicopter was used to winch the physique to the highest. He was taken to the Dover Coastguard HQ close by after which eliminated to the mortuary.

The our bodies of two males and a lady have been discovered close to cliffs in Dover (inventory picture)

Law enforcement officials had been first known as out over concern for a person seen at 400ft excessive cliffs alongside Langdon Bay and later discovered a physique on the base of the cliffs on Sunday afternoon

'Whereas the search was underway, a Coastguard Search and Rescue workforce discovered two extra our bodies near the engineering compound on the Harbour arm of the Port of Dover.'

One RNLI crewman stated: 'It's tragic case. The cliffs are infamous for folks taking their very own lives. The cliffs are so excessive that in the event that they leap, sadly there's solely end result.'

As information of the tragic incidents reached the neighborhood, folks took to social media to name for security measures alongside the enduring white cliffs.

Daybreak Hyde posted on the Dover RNLI fb web page: 'Three extra so as to add to final yr's complete? How many individuals have died this manner from the cliffs of Dover....Will anybody launch the true quantity of lives misplaced on this approach?

'We have now avenue pastors on the streets of Dover & Nobody on prime of our Cliffs to assist folks in want...2017! Certainly somebody should perceive we'd like assistance on prime of the cliffs.

The our bodies of the person and the lady had been found close to an engineering compound below the cliffs (pictured)

Pictured: Emergency companies collect near the scene of the place two of the our bodies had been discovered alongside the cliffs of Dover

'You all have had a horrible job to do immediately. I do not need your crew to undergo anymore. When maybe a few of these lives may of been saved. Your crew have sufficient horrors at sea as it's.' 

A Kent Police spokesman stated: 'Kent Police was known as at 2.27pm as a consequence of concern for the welfare of a person at Langdon Cliffs, Dover.

'Officers attended and the physique of a person was subsequently found on the backside of the cliffs by the coastguard.

'Throughout the search the coastguard additionally found the our bodies of a second man and a lady.

'Officers don't consider their deaths are linked to that of the primary man.

'Enquiries into the circumstances behind all three deaths are ongoing.'

Rescue groups from the Dover RNLI, Deal Coastguard and Langdon Battery had been deployed to look the water.

A Coastguard search and rescue helicopter crew from Lydd was additionally launched and noticed the person's physique on the rocks, in addition to the opposite our bodies simply half a mile away.

A spokesman for the Maritime Coastguard Company stated: 'At about 2.30pm immediately Kent Police requested help from the UK Coastguard within the Dover Docks space.

'Langdon Battery and Deal Coastguard Rescue Groups, the UK Coastguard search and rescue helicopter based mostly at Lydd and the Dover RNLI Lifeboat had been despatched to the realm.'

All three our bodies have been eliminated to a mortuary and put up mortem examinations are as a consequence of happen on Tuesday to find out the reason for dying. 

  

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