Overview

• Paramedics deployed 16 ambulances after reports that students were struggling in the water at Abu Talat Beach.
• Six students were pronounced dead, while 24 were injured, with three treated on the shore and 21 taken to hospitals.
• Thirteen injured students were taken to Agamy Specialised Hospital and eight to Amriya General Hospital.
• Officials raised red-flag warnings over dangerous waves and strong currents and ordered the beach closed.
• Health Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said emergency treatment is being provided and he is monitoring the medical response, with the incident renewing scrutiny of coastal safety following recent maritime accidents.