The body of a 55-year-old American tourist was discovered on the island of Corfu on Sunday, bringing to three the number of foreign tourists found dead in Greece in a week, while searches were underway to find three others foreign tourists on other Greek islands, according to Greek media.
Most of these tourists had undertaken hikes under the blazing sun, while the heatwave was raging in Greece.
Two other bodies found during the week
The body of the American, who was discovered at sea near the port of Mathraki by a tourist, must be transferred to Corfu hospital for an autopsy, reported the Greek Athens News Agency and public television ERT.
According to Athens News Agency, the fifty-year-old was on vacation in Mathraki. He was last seen by locals at a cafe last Tuesday.
This is the latest discovery of the body of a foreign tourist, after that of British television star doctor Michael Mosley, found dead on June 9 on the Greek island of Symi in the Aegean Sea and then that of a tourist on Saturday Dutch on the island of Samos.
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The body of the 74-year-old Dutch tourist was spotted on Saturday morning on the island of Samos by a fire brigade drone, lying in a ravine a few hundred meters from where he was last seen last Sunday, walking with difficulty.
Two French women disappeared on the island of Sikinos
Two French women are also missing on the island of Sikinos and another tourist on the island of Amorgos. On Friday, the French women were reported missing from Sikinos, a small Cycladic island in the Aegean Sea. The two women, aged 73 and 64, had left their respective hotels to meet, according to local media.
According to meteorologists, Greece experienced the heat wave lasting at least three days, which for Greece means temperatures exceeding 38 degrees.
