Eturbonews.com reports that a 17-year-old Russian tourist was found dead on the outskirts of Marica, a resort city near Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian police said. Sergey Danshin’s body was discovered Saturday morning on the banks of the Canal da Costa, a stream outside Marica. The Russian tourist was shot at least three times in the head, police said. Read article
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As reported by Mmirror.co.uk, a British climber has plunged 1000ft to his death in the French Alps after scaling Mont Blanc on a section dubbed ‘the corridor of death’. The 30-year-old man was with three friends on the Gouter corridor, a popular access route to Mont Blanc, when he ‘lost his balance’, according to police. […]
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Mirror.co.uk reports that a British tourist has been trampled to death by an elephant as he took photographs at a wildlife resort in India. The 68-year-old man, named in reports as Colin Manvell, died at the Masinagudi National Park, in the state of Tamil Nadu. He is believed to have been taking pictures of an […]
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According to 3news.co.nz, police believe they have found the body of missing Canadian woman Joanna Lam. Connor Hayes, 25, and Ms Lam, 24, are presumed dead after their rented campervan was hit by a large slip during last week’s storm in the South Island. The body was discovered about 2.30pm on the stretch of beach […]
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According to dailyrecord.co.uk, three members of the same family have been shot – one fatally – while on holiday in Turkey, it was reported today. The three victims, all said to be from North Yorkshire, were allegedly shot by a gardener at a holiday villa, it was claimed The Foreign Office said: “We are aware […]
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She had chosen Marbella as a holiday destination. With the energy that give 19 years, free for the first known time in a foreign country and accompanied by a friend, both from Russia, came to town ready to enjoy your days off. Mid-August, 5:30 am on a Thursday. The night had been long and fatigue […]
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According to thanhniennews.com, an American teacher was killed when he was hit by a truck in Ho Chi Minh City Monday morning. The accident occurred around 9:50 a.m. when truck driver Vo Thanh Tam, 23, reached the intersection of Huynh Tan Phat – Luu Trong Lu streets in District 7’s Tan Thuan Dong Ward, local […]
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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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elmundo.es reported a British woman has died in 34 years early Friday as it plunged into the void from the thirteenth floor of a hotel in Benidorm (Alicante) when he was celebrating a bachelor party for a friend, according to confirmed sources of the National Police. The accident occurred about 2:30 am in the morning […]
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As reported by Nytimes.com, an Italian journalist and a Belgian scholar, both kidnapped in Syria in early April, have been released and are on a plane flying to Italy, the Italian government said Sunday. Read Article
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