TANZANIA (eTN) – A few days after a grisly attack and killing of a Dutch tourist outside Tanzania’s famous Serengeti National Park in the northern tourist circuit, scores of suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident, some in possession of items stolen from the tourists. The Tanzanian Minister responsible for Tourism, Mr. Khamis Kagasheki, confirmedthat the suspects, including a foreign national, were arrested a few days after the incident during a heavily-equipped police surveillance in the Serengeti area. Read article
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A Dutch tourist and the manager of Ikoma Tented Camp in the western part of Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park were killed last week during an armed robbery, reportseturbonews.com. The national parks authority has said that the attack took place on Wednesday June 20, according to a report by Timeslive. Read article
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A Swiss woman has died following an accident involving a horse-drawn carriage on the Channel Island of Sark. The woman, aged in her 60s, suffered serious head injuries when she was thrown into the road with seven other Swiss tourists and the driver. Read article
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BANGKOK — Two Thai men suspected of killing a 60-year-old Australian tourist on the resort island of Phuket admitted to the crime Tuesday, saying they meant only to slash her pocketbook strap and never meant to stab her. Police led the suspected slasher and his alleged accomplice, who is accused of driving the motorcycle used […]
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POLICE suspect an Australian man found dead on the roadside near a popular resort area in Bali was murdered. Read article
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A rescue service official says one Polish tourist has been found dead and three others have gone missing after their boat capsized in a fjord in southwestern Norway. Read Article
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POLICE suspect an Australian man found dead on the side of a road near a popular resort area in Bali may have been murdered. It was initially thought Mark Ovenden, from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, may have died after falling from his motorcycle. The 34-year-old’s body was discovered last Thursday morning under a bush […]
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American tourist has been killed in a shark attack off the West Australian coast near Rottnest Island
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Bandits attacked a lodge near Tanzania’s fabled Serengeti national park, killing its local manager and a Dutch tourist, the national parks authority said Friday. The attack took place on Wednesday and while parks officials did not elaborate on its circumstances, Tanzanian television said the bandits robbed several tourists.”The tourist is from the Netherlands. He was […]
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A would-be glamour model was brutally murdered by her boyfriend during a holiday in Gran Canaria because she had been in contact with her former partner, police and prosecutors are claiming. Sarah Shields, 23, was beaten up and strangled to death by Chris Chittock, 38, before being dumped naked in the sea, prosecutors will allege […]
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