UK backpacker's disappearance in Nepal sparks fear

July 02, 2012 11:54

A 27-year-old British backpacker has disappeared in Nepal sparking concerns that trekkers in that country are being attacked by locals, according to a report. Zisimos Souflas disappeared in a small town popular with hikers, just days after a young American woman was found decapitated. There are at least 12 other missing foreign tourist cases pending in Nepal, the Daily Mail reports. According to a report by The Sunday Times, Nepalese authorities have not ruled out murder, although they suspect he had an accident.

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