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Proserpine, Australia: Korean tourist killed in an accident at a intersection

A 25-YEAR-OLD Korean tourist was killed in a crash at the intersection of the Bruce Highway and Gregory Cannon Valley Rd last Friday afternoon. The man and his 22-year-old female passenger had allegedly failed to stop and give way at the intersection and when they entered the highway from Gregory Cannon Valley Road were hit by a car driven by a 64-year-old Townsville man. Read article

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Cape Town, South Africa: Tourist killed and local tour guide missing after boat capsized off Hout Bay

JOHANNESBURG — A rescue official says one man is dead and a local tour guide is missing after a boat capsized off Hout Bay near the western city of Cape Town.Craig Lambinon of the National Sea Rescue Institute said there were 38 people onboard the charter boat Miroshga on Saturday, not 41 as previously assumed, […]

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Eilat: U.S. American gunmen shot and killed a chef at a hotel in the Red Sea Resort

JERUSALEM (AP) — A young American shot and killed a chef at a hotel in the Red Sea resort city of Eilat Friday, before forces from an anti-terror unit shot the gunman dead, police said. The incident appeared to be based on a personal dispute. The attacker was on a Jewish work and study program […]

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U.S. tourist killed by security forces after shooting and killing a hotel worker in Israel

Lavanguardia.com reported an American tourist has opened fire at an Israeli hotel in the Red Sea resort, in the city of Eilat, and has killed at least one person, police confirmed. “An American tourist has opened fire on the Leonardo Club Eilat, killing one person,” said the police spokesman, Micky Rosenfeld. The reasons for the […]

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Munich, Germany: Canadian tourist killed by tram at Oktoberfest

A Canadian visitor to the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich died at the weekend after he was knocked down by a tram while in a drunken state, police said on Monday. The 26-year-old, who was not named, was trying to cross the tram line at approximately 7:15 pm (1515 GMT) on Saturday between two cars […]

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Carnarvon, Australia: Irish tourist was killed in a road accident

A 24-year-old Irish tourist was killed in a car accident about 300 kilometres north of Carnarvon at the weekend. The woman was travelling with two other European tourists in a four-wheel drive about 3:00pm (AWST) on Saturday in Yannarie. Read article

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Copenhagen, Denmark: American tourist killed in runaway electric accident

It’s Tuesday morning in Arizona, and Jason and Michael Schoenfeld are planning an unexpected trip to the airport. Their uncle, Carl Robinson, was killed in by a runaway electric lorry in Copenhagen on August 29, and, to the family’s surprise, his body was expected to arrive in Arizona later that day. They only got confirmation […]

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Phuket, Thailand : French tourist killed while another is in a coma after motorbike crash

PHUKET: One French tourist is dead and another remains in a coma after the motorbike they were riding crashed at the beach road in Karon before dawn yesterday.Chalong duty officer Boonlert Onklang said that police were informed of the accident, at a curved part of the beach road near the Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort, at […]

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Vabre-Tizac, France: French police searching for body of murdered British Expat

The hunt for Patricia Wilson, 58, whose isolated stone cottage stands near the village of Vabre-Tizac in the Aveyron, came as prosecutors revealed that the body of the French gardener facing charges for her murder was covered with deep scratch marks. In more damning evidence against Jean-Louis Cayrou, 50, prosecutors also revealed that a blood-stained […]

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Denali, Alaska: Tourist attacked and killed by a grizzly bear

Denali National Park and Preserve officials yesterday formally identified the solo backpacker killed by a grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) as Richard White, 49, of San Diego, California. White had been in the Denali backcountry for three nights when he was killed by a grizzly bear adjacent to the Toklat River on Friday, August 24 – […]

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