Body found on Greek island where British journalist disappeared: police

Lina Portman4 weeks ago

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A body has been found on the Greek island of Symi, where British television presenter Michael Mosley disappeared this week, police said on Sunday.

“People on a boat saw a body near the rocky coast,” said Petros Vassilakis, police chief of the southern Aegean region.

“The police are going (on site) to verify that it is really him,” he added.

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A body has been found on the Greek island of Symi, where British television presenter Michael Mosley disappeared this week, police said on Sunday.

“People on a boat saw a body near the rocky coast,” said Petros Vassilakis, police chief of the southern Aegean region.

“The police are going (on site) to verify that it is really him,” he added.

Greek public broadcaster ERT reported that the body was that of Mosley, 67.

Authorities announced on Friday that they were intensifying the search after the Briton was last seen alive on Wednesday.

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His wife Clare Bailey alerted police when he failed to return from a coastal walk on the island where they were on holiday.

Mayor Lefteris Papakalodoukas said Symi was living in “unbearable heat” and that the area where Mosley was last seen was “difficult because it was very rocky.”

Much of Greece saw record temperatures for the first week of June, reaching 39.3 degrees Celsius (103 degrees Fahrenheit) in Symi, near Rhodes.

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Mosley is a health journalist well known for his appearances on BBC programs including “The One Show” and “This Morning”, and for making documentaries.

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