A 27-year-old Syrian man drowned while swimming at Al Khan beach in Sharjah.
The Central Operations Room at Sharjah Police received a report that a young man had drowned at around 5pm on Friday.
Ambulance and rescue teams from the Al Buhaira police station attended the scene.
The man was taken to Al Qassimi hospital but was already dead. The body was sent to the forensic laboratory.
Police urged members of the public not to swim in prohibited areas so as to ensure their safety, reported Al Ittihad, the Arabic language sister paper of The National.
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