Three bodies found at East Sussex cliff as police search for fourth person
THREE bodies have been found at the bottom of Beachy Head cliff in East Sussex as police desperately search for a fourth person believed to be missing, it has emerged.
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At around 4.30pm on Wednesday emergency services were called to the famous cliffs where the bodies were discovered.
Local reports said a search was underway for a fourth person, although it is unknown if this continued into the night.
Coastguard and lifeguards are also understood to have aided police.
A Sussex Police spokesman told the Daily Mirror the department had been in the area all day.
The coroner’s officer is also at the scene.
The police have not confirmed whether the discovery was suspicious.
Beauty Head is a chalk headland in East Sussex, close to Eastbourne.
The cliff is the highest chalk sea cliff in Britain, sitting at 162metres above sea level.
Beauty Head is a landmark for sailors in the English Channel due to its iconic presence.
The lighthouse next to the cliffs was constructed in 1831.