09/06/14

[Maik]

British-flagged yacht Little Round Top ran aground outside the fishing harbour at Kyllini yesterday and the Belgian-flagged Pelago ran aground near Antirrion.

Body of an 87 year old man recovered from the sea at Pefkari, Thassos, yesterday. Previous day the body of a 73 year old woman was recovered from the sea at Limenaria, Thassos. Both died while swimming. In recent days two foreign nationals also died while swimming, a 50 year old  at Myssiria, Rethymnon, and a 40 y-o at Kalamaki beach near Patras.

[Maik]

Human remains found inside monster Australian crocodile

Australian police are examining human remains found in a crocodile to see if they match the DNA of a missing man.

The 62-year-old man was snatched from his boat in the Kakadu National Park, in the Northern Territory.

The 4.7m-long (15.4ft) reptile was one of two shot by park rangers near the scene of the attack.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27758594

[Maik]

The family of a Hampshire teenager who was stabbed to death in Greece will travel to the country this week for a retrial.

Robert Sebbage died from a knife wound during a row with two taxi drivers while on holiday on the island of Zante in 2011.

http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2014-06-09/retrial-for-teen-who-was-stabbed-to-death-in-greece/

[TonyKath]

Human remains found inside monster Australian crocodile

Australian police are examining human remains found in a crocodile to see if they match the DNA of a missing man.

The 62-year-old man was snatched from his boat in the Kakadu National Park, in the Northern Territory.

The 4.7m-long (15.4ft) reptile was one of two shot by park rangers near the scene of the attack.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27758594

Apparently it happened on the South Alligator River - could have been a clue there! 

Tony

[Phil]

20 years ago we had a family holiday in Florida. All the park rangers kept stressing that people should NOT feed the alligators under any circumstances. We went on a couple of boat trips into the Everglades and in both cases the guides stopped the boat/airboat to throw marshmallows to attract the alligators. I have heard of similar things happening in parts of Africa and Australia. ..... double standards when tourism is involved?