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| Briton Robert Sebbage dies after 'stabbing' in Greece | Briton Robert Sebbage dies after 'stabbing' in Greece |
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| A British man has died after being attacked by two taxi drivers on an island in Greece, local police said. | A British man has died after being attacked by two taxi drivers on an island in Greece, local police said. |
| Robert Sebbage, aged 18 and from Tadley, Hampshire, was reportedly stabbed on the island of Zakynthos. | |
| Local police said a group of Britons were attacked, leaving one dead and four injured - one seriously. | |
| Two Greek taxi drivers, aged 21 and 25, are charged with murder and complicity to commit murder respectively. | Two Greek taxi drivers, aged 21 and 25, are charged with murder and complicity to commit murder respectively. |
| The attack is thought to have happened in the early hours of Wednesday at the Laganas resort on the island, also known as Zante, where the Mr Sebbage had been with a group of friends. | |
| Jacques Tibbels, 18, from Marlow, Buckinghamshire, arrived at the scene after the stabbings. | |
| He told the BBC he and his friends were walking along the main strip of bars and clubs near their hotel in Laganas when they saw a crowd and police. | |
| "As we peered through the crowd, we saw, a boy on the floor with a cut into his abdomen area, ripped through his t-shirt, and a lot of blood," he said. | |
| 'Here to have fun' | |
| Mr Tibbels said a smaller crowd surrounded a second apparent stabbing victim "covered in blood" and a third victim was holding what looked like tissues or cloth to wounds on his back. | |
| "It was frightening because you think when you're here in Zante everyone's here to have fun. | |
| "Yes you expect to see maybe a fight once in a while in Zante because of all the intoxicated youths, but you don't expect to come back to your hotel to find three boys stabbed and wounded on the floor." | |
| A local police spokesman said two Greek taxi drivers had been "involved in an argument" with a group of foreign nationals, "resulting in a physical confrontation". | A local police spokesman said two Greek taxi drivers had been "involved in an argument" with a group of foreign nationals, "resulting in a physical confrontation". |
| He said: "A 21-year-old taxi driver attacked and injured five British nationals, one of whom suffered fatal injuries." | He said: "A 21-year-old taxi driver attacked and injured five British nationals, one of whom suffered fatal injuries." |
| The Foreign Office said it was in contact with the families of those involved and is providing consular assistance. | The Foreign Office said it was in contact with the families of those involved and is providing consular assistance. |
| "We can confirm that five British nationals were involved in a serious incident in Zakynthos, Greece," said a spokeswoman. | "We can confirm that five British nationals were involved in a serious incident in Zakynthos, Greece," said a spokeswoman. |
| "Sadly, this resulted in the death of one British national and the hospitalisation of four others, one in a serious condition." | "Sadly, this resulted in the death of one British national and the hospitalisation of four others, one in a serious condition." |
| Are you in Zakynthos? If you have any information you wish to share with the BBC, you can do so using the form below. | Are you in Zakynthos? If you have any information you wish to share with the BBC, you can do so using the form below. |