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Malaysia, French tourist killed for refusing sex

A Malaysian man was charged Tuesday with the murder of a French tourist, a government prosecutor said, as a report quoted police saying the woman was killed after refusing his sexual advances.
Stephanie Foray, a 30-year-old civil servant, went missing in Malaysia in May and her remains were found earlier this month buried in a cave on the resort island of Tioman, off the east coast of peninsular Malaysia. Read Article

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Kyrgyzstan, another arrest in fatal beating of tourist

Police in northern Kyrgyzstan have arrested a fourth suspect in the robbing and fatal beating of a Kazakh tourist, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reports. Tilek Kyzaev of the Issyk-Kul regional interior affairs department told RFE/RL on August 22 that the suspect was arrested on August 19. Read Article

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Majorca Spain, British tourist falls to his death from hotel balcony

A BRITISH tourist has fallen six storeys to his death from the balcony of his hotel in Majorca. The tragedy happened at the three-star Royal Beach Hotel in the resort Magaluf yesterday. Police said Paul Newman, 37, who was staying on the fourth floor, had ­returned at 5am with pals after a night out. Read […]

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Bryce Canyon Utah, German tourist killed by lighting

A German tourist was killed after being struck by lightning at Bryce Canyon National Park on Thursday afternoon. Volker Kunz, 51, of Hamm, Germany, was hiking with his family on the Rim Trail near Sunset Point just before 12:30 p.m. when an isolated thunderstorm quickly approached the area, park spokesman Dan Ng said in a […]

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Italy, U.S. tourist dies falling from cliffs on Italian Riviera

The DIGITALJOURNAL.COM reported that a young American tourist, identified as 20-year-old Kelly Rose Denman, has fallen to her death from a window overlooking rock cliffs in the Italian Riviera, police said Monday. Read Article

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Seychelles, British tourist dies from shark attack on honeymoon

The dailyreport.com reported a British national was killed from a suspected shark attack in Seychelles. The victim who was 30 years old was on his honeymoon. Read Article

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Norway, British student attacked and killed by bear

A British student has been killed by a polar bear while camping with an expedition group in Norway. Four others were seriously injured in the attack. Read Article

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Israeli’s body found in India

According to the Jerusalem Post, an Israeil tourist’s body was located in the Parvati Valley, India. The Israeli firm magnus International Search and rescue team located the victim. She died after falling into a 70 meter abyss. Read Article

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Germany, Swiss national killed in fight at McDonald’s

A man from the northern Swiss town of Brugg has died after being beaten up by a young Austrian in a McDonald’s in the tourist heart of Munich, Germany. A fight broke out between the two men at 3am on Saturday morning in the fast-food restaurant on Stachus-Platz, close to Munich’s old town centre. Read […]

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Mother shares pain of her son’s murder in Australia

The mother of a Canadian tourist killed in a Melbourne pub brawl has spoken of the family’s ongoing pain and shock at his death. Cain Aguiar, 26, died in hospital after he was punched and hit his head outside a hotel at Yarraville two years ago. Read Article

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