As another Brit is killed ‘by bouncers’ on holiday, the worrying trend of Mediterranean nightclub doormen targeting UK holidaymakers with extreme violence
- Huseyin Mavideniz, 29, died after being beaten and stomped in northern Cyprus
- It’s the latest example of doormen displaying extreme violence with Brit tourists
News that a British man was allegedly beaten to death by bouncers in Cyprus last night has added to fears that violent doormen are abusing their power – and targeting Brits in the process.
Huseyin Mavideniz, 29, died after being attacked early morning on Thursday outside a club in Iskele, northern Cyprus, local media said, citing the police.
He was allegedly punched in the head several times by the club’s security, with one of the doormen said to have stamped on Mavideniz’s head as he lay unconscious on the pavement, according to North Cyprus News.
The British tourist was rushed to Famagusta State Hospital and was pronounced dead on arrival.
The tragedy is just the latest in a slew of violent beatings and unjustified attacks on UK holidaymakers in beloved summer destinations.
Huseyin Mavideniz, 29, died after being attacked early morning on Thursday outside a club in Iskele, northern Cyprus, local media said, citing the police
An 18-year-old Brit was cornered and beaten to a pulp by bouncers in Zakynthos last month
Last month, James Taylor, 18, was held in a headlock by four bouncers at the CherryBay nightclub in Laganas, on the Greek island of Zakynthos.
Shocking footage showed how they took it in turns to punch, kick and elbow him in the face and body, before kneeing him in the face.
James, from Middlesbrough, told MailOnline he suffered two black eyes, a swollen jaw, bumps on his head, a bust lip and a cut on his knee following the attack and shared photographs of his injuries.
The teenager revealed that the attack happened simply because he had stood on a chair to take a selfie with his friends before dancing there for ten seconds. A bouncer had tried to grab James’s arm to pull him down from the chair, but when James pulled back, the club employee disappeared.
‘The bouncer came back ten seconds later with the rest of the bouncers who were in the video and they took me outside and started beating me up,’ James said. ‘That’s all it took, something as little as standing on a chair.’
The revelation comes as his ‘devastated’ mother Michelle Taylor, 55, warned other parents whose children are going to Zante – a popular destination with young Brits – that what happened to James could happen to them.
‘I want to get this message out there that this is unacceptable and this is happening to our children,’ Michelle told MailOnline. ‘I’m a mother and every mother will feel this if this happens to their son when they go on holiday to Zante.
‘You shouldn’t have to worry about whether they could get beaten up by bouncers.’
Distressing footage shows three bouncers holding James Taylor, 18, in a headlock while a fourth pummels him with a series of devastating punches
James, from Middlesbrough, told MailOnline he suffered two black eyes, a swollen jaw, bumps on his head, a bust lip and a cut on his knee after being attacked by four bouncers in Zakynthos
Pictured: Map showing Laganas on the Greek island of Zakynthos
The island of Zakynthos, also known as Zante, is known as a hotspot of bouncer violence.
Shortly after news of James Taylor’s ordeal was broken by MailOnline, a mother whose 19-year-old son saw bouncers wearing knuckle duster gloves beating up British teenagers ‘all day, every day’ spoke out to warn other parents whose children are going to Zante.
Emma, not her real name, told MailOnline: ‘I wouldn’t go there. There’s too much crime and the problem is, the crime isn’t exposed or prosecuted. I didn’t realise how bad it was over there, my son had a horrific holiday.’
Her son, who wants to remain anonymous for fear over his safety, described how he witnessed bouncers targeting British teenagers in Laganas and ‘beating the s*** out of them’.
Charlie, not his real name, said he was on week-long holiday to Zante in July and saw bouncers beat up five teenagers along the strip in Laganas.
‘It’s not just one punch,’ Charlie told MailOnline. ‘They’re beating the s*** out of them. The bouncers are wearing knuckle duster gloves, they’re punching, kneeing and kicking them.
‘And even if they are on the floor, they’re still going to kick them. It’s really bad, it makes me scared of them.’
Charlie said his instinct told him he needed to jump and help the teenager, but he makes the point that it’s not just one bouncer attacking them.
‘When one bouncer starts punching one of these kids, another then four would come out of nowhere and begin kicking and kneeing them. This isn’t just a few punches, this is a beating. And if you get involved, you will get beaten the s*** out of as well.’
A group of British women were violently turfed out of a Marbella nightclub, whacked and thrown to the ground by violent bouncers
In one part of the clip, a bouncer walks up behind a girl and launches a violent, swinging slap at the side of her head
And the violence isn’t just restricted to men.
Shocking footage out of the popular resort town of Marbella in Spain last year showed a group of British women being slapped and thrown to the ground by aggressive doormen.
The revellers were standing outside Lemmon nightclub in the popular Spanish resort town remonstrating with security before the ugly scenes broke out in front of a crowd of onlookers.
One bouncer is seen pushing the women and carrying them off, forcing them to hastily rearrange their clothing to avoid any embarrassing slips.
The same doorman then walks back and throws a woman in a pink dress to the ground before lifting up her friend and carrying her further away from the bar.
One of the group is heard shouting at the bouncers: ‘What the f*** are you doing?’
Moments later, the protester is angrily slapped in the face by another member of the bar staff, before the first bouncer violently slams the woman in the pink dress to the ground for a second time.
Then one of the doormen whips off his belt in anger and furiously smacks it down on a metal pole.
He holds it above his head threatening to strike the women – but fortunately, one of his more sensible colleagues intervenes.
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