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Samaria Gorge: Searches continue for the 21-year-old German missing

Searches by land, air and sea

Newsroom February 19 03:38

 

Extensive searches are underway in Crete to locate 21-year-old German tourist Johan Wolfgang Williams, who has been missing since Thursday (13.2.2025), during a hiking trip that started from Xyloskalo Omalos towards the gorge of Samaria.

Authorities are scouring the area, conducting searches from air, land and sea.

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Helicopters are flying over the area, searching for traces of the 21-year-old.

Weather conditions in the area are not good, which is hampering the search efforts.

The 21-year-old’s brothers and sisters are in Xyloskalo, anxiously watching the efforts of rescuers.

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