Browns Beach drowning victim Ahmad Alfarhan remembered as ‘cheerful, smiling’ student

A school principal from Adelaide’s northern suburbs says he has been left deeply saddened by the drowning death of one of his students, and feels as if he has “lost a son”.

Ahmad Alfarhan’s body was found in waters off South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula yesterday.

The 16-year-old Paralowie boy died after he and several others — who were on a school trip — were swept off rocks at Browns Beach on Saturday.

An adult and three other teenagers managed to make it back to shore with minor injuries, but the…