British holidaymaker attacked in Algarve

A British tourist was the victim of a violent attack in the popular Portuguese holiday destination of the Algarve, according to the Sunday Times.

 

The 30-year-old accountant from Stafford sustained a fractured skill, a broken nose, a fractured eye socket and a broken ear bone when he was hit in the face with a baseball bat as he left a bar in Albufeira, said the newspaper.

 

Last year, a 21-year-old British holidaymaker died in the Algarve after being found behind a wall with serious head injuries, and a 50-year-old British tourist was murdered by a gang of four.

 

The Foreign Office said 1.6m British tourists visit Portugal every year and most trips are trouble-free.

 

 

By Linsey McNeill

 

Monday, July 30, 2012

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