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Killed whilst looking for snails

The search for snails proved fatal for an 85 year old man from Mochos, Heraklion.

The man’s family had lost all trace of him since yesterday afternoon, after his son had returned home alone and ahead of him. Their efforts to find him today, led to the tragic discovery of his body at the bottom of deep gorge, not far from where they had started to look for him.

The ill-fated old man had fallen in an area where it was necessary to request the help of an EMAK Search and Rescue team, to recover the body of the victim.

The operation was completed at approximately 09:00 this morning and the body of the 85 year old man, who was originally from Anogia, was taken to the University Hospital in Heraklion for autopsy.