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British tourist electrocuted, dies

Tourist Killed due to electrocution.
An autopsy conducted on the body of 20-year-old British national Hannah Defoe has revealed that the vacationing Englishwoman’s death in St Lucia was due to drowning secondary to electrocution.
The freak accident that claimed the life of England footballer Jermain Defoe’s cousin has attracted international attention. Read Article

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Kuwait: Man sentenced to death in robbery, rape, murder of Asian expatriate

Death for Kuwaiti man, jail for wife in robbery, rape, murder of expat KUWAIT CITY: A Criminal Court supervised by Advisor Adel Al-Saqer ordered the execution of 25-year old citizen working in Ministry of Defense and sentenced his wife to 10 years imprisonment for her role in thefts, rape and premeditated murder of an Asian […]

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Galveston, Texas: Tourist killed by a drunk driver

Galveston police have identified a tourist who was killed last weekend when a suspected drunken driver slammed into the back of a horse-drawn carriage. Four other people were injured. Bobby McKelvey, 57, of Sugar Land, died in the 11 p.m. crash Saturday, said Lt. Michael Gray of the Galveston Police Department. McKelvey’s wife, Renee McKelvey, […]

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Gyeongsang, Korea: Suspect arrested for kidnapping and murder of tourist

JEJU – Two days after police found the body of a 9-year-old girl in Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang, investigators arrested a man in his 40s linked to the murder of a 39-year-old woman who went missing for 11 days on Jeju Island.The Dongbu Police Precinct in Jeju took in a 46-year-old man surnamed Kang at 6:10 […]

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South Korea: suspect arrested in killing of tourist

A local man has been arrested on suspicion of killing a Seoul female tourist and dismembering her body on the country’s southern island of Jeju, police said Monday. The 46-year-old suspect, whose other personal information was withheld, was arrested earlier in the day 12 days after the woman, surnamed Kang, went missing near a trekking […]

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Phuket, Thailand: Phuket police rewarded for arrest of australian tourist killer

PHUKET: The Phuket Tourist Association (PTA) earlier this week awarded 100,000 baht to provincial and regional police for bringing the killers of Australian travel agent Michelle Smith to justice. The handover was made at a small ceremony on the PTA office at the bypass road in Rassada on Tuesday. Read article

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Canada: tourist killed after being hit by drunk driver, Prince Edward Island

A cyclist died after being hit by a vehicle Saturday driven by a P.E.I. man now charged with impaired driving causing death. The victim is Elizabeth Ann Sovis, 63, from Edmonton, Alta., RCMP confirm. She was travelling with her partner along Rennies Road, north of Hunter River, shortly after 6 p.m. AT when she was […]

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U.S. tourist killed in Germany while walking in tunnel, hit by train

A 23-year-old tourist from the United States is recorded on Sunday afternoon walking in a railway tunnel in the Bernese Oberland by train and was fatally injured. Three men, who were also walking with the victim escaped unharmed.Read Article

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Central, British Columbia: Tourist killed

CHASE — Not paying heed to warning signs has cost a Saskatchewan tourist his life at a popular vacation spot near Chase, in B.C’s Interior. Police say the 23-year-old man from Regina died when he fell into a river and over waterfalls in Albas Falls Provincial Park near Shuswap Lake. Read article

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Alps, Switzerland: Tourists falls to death

Five German tourists, including a 14-year-old girl, have fallen to their deaths while walking in the Swiss Alps, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. A member of the group survived, watching the accident from below. The accident occurred on Tuesday lunchtime as the group began their descent from the 4000 metre summit of the Lagginhorn, the […]

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