28 Jun, 2024 @ 14:23
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Police in Spain discover body of missing tourist who vanished in mountainous terrain

THE body of a tourist who disappeared while hiking in mountainous terrain has today been found.

The unnamed 74-year-old vanished while walking in the area of Cala Egos in Andratx, Mallorca, at around 6pm on Thursday.

Described only as ‘foreign’ in Spanish reports, the man had been staying in a nearby hotel with his wife.

They both went for a hike on Thursday but managed to get separated along the way.

His wife raised the alarm and a search operation was launched immediately.

Firefighters, police and a helicopter scoured the mountainside in a bid to locate the tourist.

They kept looking until around 3.30am this morning.

The search was reactivated at around 8.45am on Friday before the body was discovered by Guardia Civil shortly afterwards.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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