Gulfnews.com reports that an Omani tourist was stabbed in a Thai town. A 32-year-old Omani tourist was stabbed in the stomach last Wednesday after an altercation with a bar worker at Walking Street in Pattaya, a popular beach resort in Thailand, according to Thai news portal Pattaya One. Read article
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Australiantimes.co.uk reports that an 80-year-old Australian tourist has had a miraculous escape after slip 30 meters off a cliff path in Cornwall before becoming entangled in brambles. The elderly man was walking along a cliff path in Mount Edgcumbe Country Park when he slipped off the edge. Rescuers say he only just narrowly avoided falling […]
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According to ansa.it, a woman was stretchered down from the second-highest tier of the Leaning Tower of Pisa Thursday after suffering a panic attack and shortness of breath, the fire brigade in the Tuscan city said. She was reported to have made a quick recovery. Read article
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Hurriyet Daily News reports that two female Japanese tourists were attacked with knives on Sept. 9 by an unknown person in the Göreme district of the Central Anatolian province of Nevşehir, leaving one of them dead and the other heavily wounded. Mai Kurkiharac and Hoshie Teramatsu were attacked while walking in the Zemi Valley during […]
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Bangkokpost.com reports that a tourist from China was injured after falling off a cliff at a viewpoint overlooking Pattaya on Saturday, rescue workers said. Xiew Jing Yee, 61, sustained back and neck injuries in the eight-metre fall. Workers from the Sawang Boriboon rescue unit spent an hour to get her to safety and she was […]
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Dailymail.co.uk reports that an American tourist has admitted she is very lucky to be alive after a car she was driving rolled 500ft down one of Britain’s steepest passes. Jane Lukic, 60, only suffered a cut to the head, a broken arm, bruising and a slight concussion after her car somersaulted down the slope after […]
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CBC reports that about two dozen people on two flights were injured when their aircraft hit turbulence before landing at Hong Kong’s airport on Friday morning. Thai Airways said 20 people were hurt when an Airbus A380-800 carrying 500 passengers, two pilots and 24 cabin crew from Bangkok encountered “unforeseen turbulence” as it was descending […]
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Thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk reports that a woman had to be cut free from a car after it rolled 150 metres down the side of one of the steepest roads in England in the Lake District. The driver of the Mercedes – believed to be an American tourist – suffered head injuries in the incident. It happened at […]
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According to nationmultimedia.com, a Chinese tourist, Shen Baocheng, 27, was taken to Patong Hospital in Phuket Saturday morning after an accident. Police said the accident was caused by the collision of a parasailing boat and a jet ski boat, about 1km off Patong Beach. Shen, on the jet ski boat, fell into the water. Read […]
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The Blackpool Gazette reports that police are asking for the public’s help after a tourist enjoying a weekend away with friends suffered a fractured jaw after a serious assault in a Blackpool bar. Detectives have released CCTV images of a man they want to speak to in connection with the attack, which took place in […]
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