MELBOURNE: Two students, believed to be
Indian, were reportedly drowned on Monday near the surf coast in the
Australian state of Victoria. The pair, a man and woman in their
early twenties were swimming near south-west of Melbourne, when they
were swept away in a rip, police said. “The pair had been wading in
water with two other friends and were dumped by a wave and taken
about 50m out to sea,” Victoria Police spokeswoman Katherine Jess
said.
The man was pulled from the water by a surf
lifesaver and a paramedic, according to a media report. They tried
unsuccessfully to revive him, it said.
The body of the woman was located about 30 metre
from shore soon after, following a search, police said. The victims
have not yet been formally identified.