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A US tourist died after being struck by lightning while hiking on Mount Etna in Sicily, Italy, on 17 August. Italian firefighters said the man was in a restricted area closed due to recent volcanic activity. He was found in serious condition on the volcano’s eastern slope and later pronounced dead at a hospital in Catania. Reports give his age as 29 or 30. Mount Etna erupted again on 18 August, sending smoke and ash into the sky.
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NYTimes – World Rescuers found a 29-year-old man in serious condition on the volcano’s eastern slope on Sunday. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital in Catania.
Mount Etna erupts in Sicily, sending smoke and ash into the sky, a day after a US tourist died from a lightning strike while hiking on the volcano.
Italian firefighters say a man, 29, was killed by a lightning strike on the Sicily volcano while hiking in a restricted area A tourist from the US was killed by a lightning strike on Sicily’s Mount Etna while hiking in an area that was closed to visitors due to recent volcanic activity, Italian firefighters said on Monday. The 29-year-old man from Kansas was rescued by helicopter after being struck Sunday evening in…
Sky News – World An American tourist has been killed by a lightning strike after hiking in a restricted part of Mount Etna.
BBC News – World The 30-year-old was on the active volcano when a thunderstorm developed, local media report.
BBC News – World At least 27 people were killed in two separate mass shootings in South Africa on Saturday night, police said. Seventeen people were fatally shot at a bar west of Johannesburg and 10 were killed in an attack outside Cape Town. The incidents came amid the country’s struggle with gang-related armed violence and one of the world’s highest murder rates.
NYTimes – World British counterterrorism police arrested five men on suspicion of terrorism and explosives offenses near RAF Fairford, a Gloucestershire air base used by U.S. forces. The arrests followed three suspicious vehicles seen heading toward the base early Sunday. Bomb disposal teams examined the vehicles and nearby homes were evacuated.
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