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Thai minister leading inquiry into Swedish tourist's killing
Mar 17, 2008, 2:40 GMT
Bangkok - Thai Tourism and Sports Minister Weerasak Kowsurat flew to Phuket Monday to personally investigate the killing of a Swedish tourist over the weekend.
Charotta Hanna, 27, was found hacked to death on Mai Khao beach on the island, 660 kilometres south on Bangkok, where she had rented a bungalow.
Police said they believe she was killed some time between 11:30 pm Saturday and 1 am Sunday while taking a walk on the beach.
A 100,000-baht (3,175-dollar) award has been posted for anyone who provides police with information leading to the arrest of the perpetrator.
Phuket is one of Thailand's leading tourist resorts. Tourism arrivals to the island and nearby resorts such as Phi Phi and Phang Nga dropped after the December 26, 2004, tsunami, which claimed 5,400 lives in Thailand, half of them foreign tourists.
European tourists, especially Scandinavians, started to return to Phuket in large numbers in 2006 and 2007.
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Swedish tourist slain at Mai Khao
MAI KHAO: The body of a Swedish tourist was found at Mai Khao Beach, at the north end of Phuket, this morning.
Lt Col Somkid Khaosang of Tah Chat Chai Police Station named the deceased as Hanna Charlotta, 27.
Her body, dressed in a one-piece swimsuit, was found about 11:30 am on the beach around 300 meters from Mai Khao Beach Bungalow, where she was staying, Lt Col Somkid said.
Her throat had multiple stab wounds, he said, adding that her body had been taken to Thalang Hospital for autopsy.
Lt Gen Sakchai Limcharoen, Superintendent of Tah Chat Chai Police Station said in a press release that police believe three to four people were involved in the attack, which is believed to have been an attempted rape.
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Steve ArnoldMar 17th, 2008 - 10:18:10
So it seems this is another version of what happend to her.
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