Overview

• A 68-year-old British man lost consciousness while swimming at Lindos beach in Rhodes and was later pronounced dead at the Archangelos Health Center.
• Officers from the Central Port Authority of Rhodes responded to the scene and an autopsy has been scheduled to establish his exact cause of death.
• Rhodes, a major destination for British holidaymakers, was recently struck by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake.
• Other recent fatalities of British tourists include a man’s fatal fall in Turkey, a two-year-old boy’s drowning in Ibiza, and a suspected drowning off Spain’s Costa del Sol.
• The UK Foreign Office has been approached for comment on the case.