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Daily Mail
a day ago
- Daily Mail
British tourist, 68, is found dead on beach at famous Greek island resort town
A British tourist has been found dead on a beach in a famous Greek island resort town. The 68-year-old man was tragically found dead on a beach in Lindos on the island of Rhodes on Thursday afternoon. Local media reported that he had apparently gone for a swim, and lost consciousness before passing away. Officers from the Central Port Authority of Rhodes rushed to the scene following reports of his body being found. He was transferred to the island's Archangelos Health Center where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy is set to be carried out to determine his exact cause of death. MailOnline has contacted the UK's Foreign Office for comment. It comes days after two British tourists were found in separate incidents on the Algarve. One man, said to be 21, was discovered shortly before 7am in the party resort of Albufeira last Wednesday. The man, who was fully clothed and had all his belongings with him, according to police, was found at the bottom of the steps in an avenue called Avenida da Liberdade. An autopsy has already taken place but the results have not been made public. Portuguese police are understood to have ruled out any link to a crime and are said to be treating the death as a tragedy linked to excessive alcohol consumption. It was not immediately clear today where the tourist, who is aged in his twenties, had been heading from and to and whether he was staying at a hotel in Albufeira. No explanation has been given as to why he might have been naked, although police have not yet confirmed he had no clothes on. His body was discovered just four hours before that of Scot Greg Monks, 38, from Glasgow, who disappeared in the same resort on a stag do the week prior. He is thought to have jumped over a wall and fallen down a steep cliff after becoming disorientated as he tried to head back to his holiday hotel. 'He's [Mr Monks] another victim of the strip,' one local hotel worker told MailOnline this week. 'It encourages heavy drinking and drugs are too easily available, it's easy to lose control. 'Brits come on stag dos and buy drugs straight away, and have no idea what they are cut with, there are some really dangerous people here.' There is no suggestion that Mr Monks had taken drugs on the night he disappeared.
The Sun
2 days ago
- The Sun
British tourist, 68, found dead at Greek holiday island after being pulled unconscious from water
A 68-YEAR-old Brit has sadly been found dead on a Greek holiday island. The man had reportedly gone swimming and lost consciousness on the island of Rhodes, local media has reported. 2 2 Officers from the Central Port Authority of Rhodes rushed to the scene of the incident at the popular tourist spot of Lindos. He was pulled unconscious from the beach, according to reports. The man was rushed to the Archangelos Health Centre, but was sadly pronounced dead. His exact cause of death is not yet known. An autopsy is expected to be carried out to determine the exact cause of death. He is not the only Brit to have died while on holiday in recent months. It comes after a Brit dad died while on holiday in Turkey after being escorted off a plane for being drunk. Builder Ben Crook from Caerphilly, South Wales had been in Antalya with his partner and two kids to celebrate his 32nd birthday. But he was escorted off their flight due to behaving erratically on the plane after drinking alcohol. He was separated from his family, who went to the hotel. But the dad died from a fall before he made it there to join them. Elsewhere, a two-year-old British boy drowned in a pool at a private villa in Ibiza. The tot was found in the swimming pool without a pulse, local news outlet Diario de Ibiza reported. Rhodes remains a popular tourist spot for Brit holidaymakers. The island was recently rocked by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Greece and Turkey. It was felt along the Turquoise Coast and in neighbouring regions, waking many from their sleep. is your go-to destination for the best celebrity news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures and must-see video. Like us on Facebook at and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheSun.
Daily Mirror
2 days ago
- Daily Mirror
Brit man, 68, dies at beach on popular holiday island
A 68-year-old Brit has died on a beach in Greece after going swimming and losing consciousness. Officers from the Central Port Authority rushed to Lindos beach in Rhodes and took the man to the nearby Archangelos health centre, where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy is due to take place to determine his cause of death, reports Greek news outlet dimokratiki. It comes just weeks after a British tourist died in a suspected drowning after getting into difficulty whilst swimming in the sea. The holidaymaker went for a late-evening swim at the popular holiday resort of Fuengirola in Spain, as concerned eyewitnesses noticed he began struggling. Police said onlookers then pulled him out of the water after calling emergency services. There was nothing the emergency responders could do to save him when they reached the beach and he was pronounced dead at the scene. A spokesman for a regional emergency response coordination centre confirmed: 'A man died yesterday evening at a beach in Fuengirola. "Emergency responders received the first of several calls around 9.10pm, saying a man was drowning in the sea off Fuengirola's seafront. "According to the callers he was about 60 metres out and was having difficulties getting out of the water. National and local police were mobilised along with coastguards and paramedics." 'Two members of the public were able to get the man out of the water but despite the efforts of the emergency responders to save his life, there was nothing they could do to revive him. He was pronounced dead on the beach before he could be taken to hospital.' In April, an Irish holidaymaker drowned on a nearby Costa del Sol beach during Spain's historic blackout. Darren Pilson, 53, from Howth, Co Dublin, was pulled out of the water after getting into difficulties off a beach in the resort of La Carihuela near Torremolinos.
