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British tourist dies in Pirin

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A fifty nine-year-old British citizen has died in the Pirin Mountains. Tourists reported an abandoned bicycle near the rocks of a waterfall. A body was spotted in St. Nicholas locality near the town of Bansko. 

Tourists called the emergency line in the afternoon of July 20. Police and mountain rescuers arrived at the scene and removed the body from the inaccessible terrain, the BTA reports. An investigation is underway to determine the causes of the tragic accident.




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