- Friends and family hold vigil for Khalil Nabizadah who went missing on Sunday
- The 23-year-old has been described as a ‘great sportsman’ as tributes are paid
- Rescuers found body on Portsea beach on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria
- Two other people were pulled from the water and taken to hospital in Melbourne
A candlelit vigil will be held to pay tribute to a young man who went missing and drowned in the sea off Victoria.
Rescuers found a body on a beach on the Mornington Peninsula, south of Melbourne, on Wednesday in the search for Khalil Nabizadah.
The 23-year-old was named as the man emergency services were looking for after he got caught in a rip and disappeared on Sunday.
Khalil Nabizadah (pictured right) was visiting the beach at Portsea in Victoria on Sunday when they he was caught in a rip
Police said the body found on Portsea Front Beach had not been formally identified but Mr Nabizadah was named as the missing swimmer
He was visiting the beach with two friends who had to be taken to hospital after getting into difficulty on London Bridge beach in Portsea.
Police said the body was found on Portsea Front Beach but had not been formally identified.
Friends have been paying tribute to Mr Nabizadah, who was from Narre Warren and worked for Telstra, and are planning to hold a candlelit vigil on Wednesday along the beach where he disappeared.
He has been described as a ‘great sportsman, wonderful person and a fierce friend’.
Friends have been paying tribute to Mr Nabizadah who was from Narre Warren and a team leader with Telstra
Two of Mr Nabizadah’s friends were rescued and flown to hospital in Melbourne on Sunday
Rescue teams spent three days looking for Mr Nabizadah following the call at 5.30pm on Sunday.
They pulled two more people from the water that afternoon and were thought to be his friends.
A 22-year-old Cranbourne West man was rescued and flown to Royal Melbourne Hospital where he remains in a stable condition, while a 23-year-old Cranbourne man was also rescued but did not require treatment.
Ground, air and water police searches took place in the hunt to find him.
Life Saving Victoria said the beach was ‘not suitable for safe bathing’.
Life Saving Victoria said the beach at London Bridge in Portsea was ‘not suitable for safe bathing’