Cypriot dies on boat evacuating Lebanon

A 75-year-old Turkish Cypriot man died aboard a boat which was evacuating people from Lebanon to Turkey on Thursday night.

The man, named as Said Ezbek, originally hailed from the Nicosia district village of Neo Chorio.

He suffered a heart attack while aboard the boat and was then transferred by helicopter to the Gulseren army barracks outside Famagusta. From there, he was taken to the Famagusta state hospital’s morgue.

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