Texas Native Killed in Greece
CNN/Stylemagazine.com Newswire | 7/14/2017, 8:18 a.m.
Bakari Henderson
An American tourist was beaten to death by a group of 10 men while visiting a Greek island in the Mediterranean, state media reported. Bakari Henderson, 22, was at a bar in the Greek island of Zakynthos with his friends Friday when a man approached him and they began fighting, according to state news agency ANA-MPA. Eight people have been arrested in the fight that left Henderson unconscious. Henderson died of his injuries. He was a recent graduate from the University of Arizona with a bachelor's degree in business finance and entrepreneurship, according to his LinkedIn profile. He was in Greece working on a photo shoot to launch a new clothing line when the incident took place, his family told CNN affiliate KXAN. Henderson was an Austin, Texas resident and former intern at the Texas Capitol in House Speaker Joe Straus’ office.
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