Athens, Greece.- The body of a 55-year-old American tourist was found on Sunday on the Greek island of Corfu, bringing to three the number of foreign tourists found dead in Greece in a week, according to local media.
Most of these tourists were hiking under a sweltering sun, with Greece hit by a heatwave lasting at least three days, with temperatures of more than 38 degrees Celsius.
The body of the American, discovered in the sea by another tourist near the port of Mathraki, will be transferred to the Corfu hospital for an autopsy, indicated the Greek news agency Athens News Agency and public television ERT.
According to Athens News Agency, the American was on vacation in Mathraki and was last seen by locals in a cafe last Tuesday.
This is the last body of a foreign tourist found in the country, after that of doctor Michael Mosley, a British television star, found on June 9 on the Greek island of Symi, in the Aegean Sea, and that of a Dutch tourist. discovered on Saturday on the island of Samos.
The body of the 74-year-old Dutch tourist was located on Saturday morning on the island of Samos by a fire brigade drone, lying in a ravine a hundred meters from the place where he was last seen walking last Sunday. with difficulty.
In addition, two French women, aged 73 and 64, are missing on the island of Sikinos and another tourist on the island of Amorgos.
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