Two bodies found on beach at Little Bay in Sydney’s south

Neither person formally identified as of Sunday afternoon, NSW police said in a statement

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Two bodies have been found on a beach in Sydney's south following a search and rescue operation.

Emergency services began searching Little Bay Beach at about 11.10am on Sunday morning after a member of the public found personal items unattended on the shore, and called police.

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