Body of missing 16-year-old found after being swept off rock

The body of a 16-year-old who spent a day out with his friends and was one of five people swept into the sea has been found by police.

The search for a teen missing off South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula has ended in tragedy after police found the boy’s body.

South Australian Police said that Ahmad Alfarhan was killed when he was one of five people swept off the rocks at Browns Beach on Saturday.

He was the only person who did not return to safety.

Police were called to the Innes National Park just before 2pm after the boy from Paralowie — in Adelaide’s northern suburbs — didn’t make it back to shore.

In an earlier statement, police said they held “grave concerns for his welfare”.

Local fishermen, Sea Rescue, state emergency service, Country Fire Service and national parks crews assisted police with the search but the boy was unable to be found after the first day.

It was called off about 7.45pm on Saturday and resumed at first light on Sunday morning.

Police divers found the 16-year-old’s body in the area he was last seen at about 11.30am.

A report is being prepared for the coroner.