Beach Boys Accuse Teachers Of Ignoring Their Advice Following Drowning Of 7 Children

The St. Martin Academy pupils at Diani Beach days before the tragedy. | image source: the-star.co.ke

The teachers who supervised the seven students who drowned off Diani Beach on Wednesday evening ignored beach operators’ warnings about the high tide.

The operators, who were involved in rescue attempts, said that they had warned the pupils and their teachers before the tragic incident.

Beach operators at the scene have claimed that the death toll could have gone up to 11 had they not responded promptly.

Beach operator Juma Omar accused visitors from other regions of Kenya who tour the beaches of routinely ignoring them, despite the fact that they are well informed about the ocean.

“We are professionals when it comes to issues of the sea and the beach, but the schoolteachers did not want our help. We wanted to supervise them while they swum and they could have avoided such deaths,” Omar said.

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