Representative image of a beach.
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Thiruvananthapuram: Three medical students from Bengaluru drowned at a Payyambalam beach in Kannur in Kerala on Sunday.
The three were said to be Karnataka natives. They were part of a 11 member group who came on a tour to Kannur on Saturday.
Police identified the deceased as Afnan Ahammed, 26, from Hassan, Mohammed Rehanuddin, 26, and Moahmmed Afroza, 25, from Hiriyur. Their other details were only being collected, said the police.
They drowned while taking bath on the beach in the noon. The fire and rescue service personnel, coastal police and local fishermen fished out the bodies.
It is believed that Afnan initially went missing on the beach. Rehanuddin and Afroza drowned after they ventured to rescue Afnan.
The group reached Kannur on Sunday and were staying at a beach resort at Payyambalam. Eight of them went to the beach on Sunday morning to take a bath.