Heart attack killed man at his engagement party

A MAN who died while dancing at his own engagement party in Aradhippou on Friday night had a heat attack, the state pathologist said yesterday.

Welder Zacharias Kkantis, 22, collapsed on the floor while dancing the zembekiko, a traditional folk dance, at his engagement party to 20-year-old Maria Panteli.

The engagement party was taking place at a club in Aradhippou, which belonged to his fianc?e’s father.

Yesterday, State Pathologist Sofocles Sofocleous said the victim’s death was due to “an infarction of the myocardium” – a heart attack.

Sofocleous said it was not the first time that Kkantis had suffered a heart attack, saying “the young man had experienced a similar incident three months before”.

According to the pathologist, Kkantis had been playing football with friends when he fainted. He was taken to hospital, but doctors did not find anything wrong with him, blaming the incident on exhaustion.

According to shocked witnesses, Kkantis at one point said he was feeling faint and sat on a chair shortly after dancing. He then collapsed out of his chair and fell on the floor unconscious.

An ambulance was called and he was rushed to hospital.

Doctors declared the man dead on arrival.

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