The incident has shocked Greece, which is relying heavily on tourism to help it emerge from its debt and austerity crisis and is visited by about 25 million holidaymakers a year.
Video shows at leat 10 men standing outside the bar in Laganas on the Greek island of Zakynthos. A large crowd remains outside the bar for several minutes.
Bakari Henderson, a 22-year-old recent graduate of the University of Arizona, was at a bar on the Greek island of Zakynthos when a fight broke out with another group of people on Friday around 3 a.m. local time, according to police there. One man body slammed Henderson that soon other joined and started to beat him.
"I couldn't believe it", Astrid Von Ehren-McCray, a family friend of Henderson's told CBS News. Henderson attempted to get away from the mob during the brawl, his friends said.
Moon Express unveils robotic probe plans, aims lunar sample return by 2020
That also puts a lot of pressure on Rocket Lab, whose rocket has launched from New Zealand but has not yet gotten into orbit. Dubbed "Harvest Moon", this will begin the company's business phase of what they are calling "lunar resource prospecting".
Jordan Zylberberg, a friend of Henderson's from high school, said he believes Henderson would not want to let what happened to him discourage others from traveling.
"They kicked and punched him to his body and his head", Chronopoulos told the Post adding, "His death came from hits in his head".
While the coroner couldn't determine exactly when Henderson died, she told ABC News that he was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Those arrested appeared in court Saturday and pleaded not guilty, police said. Suspects, aged between 18 and 34, include one Greek, seven Serbs and one British national of Serb origin, according to the AP.
Comments