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Video: Indian family swept away by rough sea at Oman beach

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A man from Maharashtra and his six-year-old son drowned at a beach in Oman yesterday as the sea suddenly turned rough and swept them away. His 9-year-old daughter is missing and rescuers are searching for her, the local police said.</p>
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Watch: A family is swept away by a giant wave on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Oman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Oman</a>'s Mughsail beach after eight members reportedly crossed the beach's boundary fence.<a href="https://t.co/2KHqOMobdD">https://t.co/2KHqOMobdD</a> <a href="https://t.co/w2auuYfUku">pic.twitter.com/w2auuYfUku</a></p>
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlArabiya_Eng/status/1546835802780581888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Shashikant Mhamane, 42, was working in Dubai with a private company and gone to neighbouring Oman for a holiday with his wife and children Shruti and Shreyas.</p>
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A video of the incident taken by another tourist shows Shruti and Shreyas being swept away by a strong wave while playing in the water. Their father rushed to save them but drowned in the rough sea.</p>

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