Australian tourist clinically dead in Mykonos

Of course a lot of tourists die while on vacation. Excess drinking combined with lurking in dark alleys can lead to many unwanted situations. But this tourist was no victim of any such situation.

The 20 year old Australian was beaten by a club bouncer in the street. The bouncer thought that the Australian and his friends were snatching purses, so decided to pretend he was a cop and ask for ID. The Australian didn’t show him any ID, so the bouncer thought it was justify that he punched the guy in the face and then hit him with an iron club.

The Australian tourist was moved urgently to Athens at Errikos Dunant hospital, where he was pronounced clinically dead.

To be perfectly honest, unfortunate as the whole situation may be, the government and police could not have done anything to prevent it. This could have happenned anywhere, anytime.

The only difference is that if happenned anywhere else except in the Banana Republic of Greece, the club would be closed the next day, the club’s owners would be prosecuted and the bouncer profession would be regulated, requiring bouncers to take frequent physical and psychological exams to get a licence, and even not let them practice if they have a criminal record.

But hey, when your friends give you money under the table you don’t ask them to come down town with you to the police station to have a souvenir photograph taken, do you?