TWO FOREIGNERS drowned and a third is believed to have died as a result of substance abuse in the last two days in the tourist resorts of Paphos and Ayia Napa.
A 42-year-old tourist from Russia drowned off the coast of Paphos on his second day of holiday on the island yesterday morning.
According to Paphos police spokesman Nicos Tsappis, the Russian man lost consciousness at around 10am while swimming in the sea close to the Tombs of the Kings in the Chlorakas area.
He was pulled out the water and rushed to Paphos general hospital where doctors confirmed his death.
The 42-year-old arrived in Cyprus on Sunday for a holiday with his wife and 11-year-old son. They were due to leave on August 24.
Tsappis noted that there have been “many drownings” at the specific beach where the Russian tourist drowned.
“There are warning signs regarding the dangers of the sea there,” he added.
On Sunday morning, a 30-year-old Romanian man found unconscious by friends and relatives at Nissi Beach in Ayia Napa, is believed to have drowned after entering the water drunk.
At around 9am, the 30-year-old, who was in Cyprus with a working permit, was found unconscious and rushed to Famagusta general hospital where doctors confirmed his death.
State pathologist Eleni Antoniou conducted an autopsy on the body yesterday where she confirmed death by drowning.
According to sources, the man had consumed large quantities of alcohol with friends and cousins before entering the water.
In a separate alcohol-related death in the tourist resort of Ayia Napa, a 20-year-old man from Britain died in his tourist apartment yesterday morning.
According to Antoniou, the British tourist who had consumed quantities of alcohol and possibly other substances went to lie down on the balcony of his apartment at around 7am. Friends brought him inside and laid him down on the apartment floor where he died soon after.
Antoniou will carry out an autopsy on the 20-year-old today.