ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Dutch tourist missing He was found dead early Saturday on the island of Samos, in eastern Greece., local press reported, the latest in a series of recent cases of dead or missing tourists on the Greek islands. Some of them, if not all, They were out hiking in the scorching heat.
Dr. Michael Mosley, well-known British television presenter and writer, He was found dead last Sunday on the island of Symi. The coroner concluded that he had died the previous Wednesday, shortly after hiking through difficult, rocky terrain.
Samos, like Symi, is very close to the Turkish coast.
The body of the 74-year-old Dutch tourist was found by a drone from the Greek fire department face down in a ravine about 300 meters (330 yards) away from the place where he was last seen on Sunday, walking with some difficulty in the scorching heat.
The authorities They were still searching for four people reported missing in recent days.
On Friday it was reported the disappearance of two French tourists on Sikinos, a relatively isolated island in the Cyclades in the Aegean Sea, with fewer than 400 permanent residents.
The two women, aged 73 and 64, had left their respective hotels to meet.
A 70-year-old American tourist He was reported missing on Thursday on the small island of Mathraki, in the far northwest of Greece, by his host, a Greek-American friend. The tourist had been last seen on Tuesday in a cafeteria in the company of two tourists who have already left the island.
Mathraki, population 100, is a heavily forested island of 3.9 square kilometers (1.2 square miles), west of the better-known island of Corfu. Strong winds had prevented police and firefighters from reaching the island to search for the missing man until Saturday afternoon, according to media reports.
On the island of Amorgos, the authorities They were still searching for a 59-year-old tourist missing since Tuesdaywhen he had gone hiking alone in very hot conditions.
