“They went out for a walk in the heat yesterday,” he said, “and now I can’t find them.”
Malakis, who was taking part in the search, told Greek television on Saturday that the search for the two women began on Friday, noting that one of them had her cell phone turned off and the other did not have one with her.
One of the women texted the owner of the room where she was staying at 8:24 a.m. Friday saying, “I fell. I don’t feel well,” Malakis said.
The body of Mr Mosley, 67, a British medical journalist, was found on rocks near the beach at Agia Marina on the island of Symi on June 9 after a five-day search. Mr Mosley had been reported missing by his wife, Claire Bailey, the day after he arrived for a week-long stay, a police spokesman said. Warm temperatures had led Mr Mosley on a walk over what local authorities described as “rough terrain”. The temperature was hovering around 95 degrees Fahrenheit.
An 80-year-old Belgian man who was walking with a group died on Friday near the archaeological site of Lato in eastern Crete, a police spokesman said. Two other tourists, a 70-year-old French woman and a Dutch man, also 70, died earlier this month while trekking in another part of Crete, Dimoglidu said.
The recent heatwave peaked on Wednesday and Thursday, prompting authorities to close many schools in Athens and limit visiting hours at some ancient sites, including Greece’s most popular Acropolis.
The Acropolis resumed normal visiting hours on Friday as temperatures dropped slightly, but restrictions remained in place at the archaeological site of Knossos in Crete, where temperatures are expected to reach 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). Greece’s Ministry of Culture said the Cretan archaeological site would be closed between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. if temperatures exceed 40 degrees.
