A 48-year-old British tourist has been missing since Wednesday. He was spending summer vacations on the island of Rhodes. He was on the island with relatives.
According to media information, together with his niece the man went swimming at Theologou (Tholos) beach on Wednesday afternoon.
At some point, the girl left and as he did not give a sign of life, she returned to the beach looking for him. She couldn’t find him and informed the police.
The missing British tourist set Port and other authorities on alert, a Search and Rescue operation was launched, while a SAR signal has also been given to boat owners in the area in case they spot the man.
The British tourist had arrived in Rhodes to spend his holidays with other relatives a few days ago.
By Thursday afternoon there has been no information of positive results of the SAR operation.