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Thailand: Tourist Killed After Jumping into Waterfall

Israeli tourist killed in Thailand; said to hit his head jumping into waterfall
28-year-old man was vacationing with friends on the island of Koh Samui

An Israeli tourist was killed in Thailand after apparently hitting his head on a rock after jumping into a waterfall on the island of Koh Samui, Hebrew-language media reported Saturday. Read Article

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Thailand: Belgian Tourist found dead on Koh Tao, 7th death of tourists in three years

Corpse half eaten by lizards foxnews.com – A young Belgium backpacker has become the seventh tourist found dead in Thailand’s Koh Tao in the last three years. Elise Dallemange, 30, was found in the jungle on April 28 having been half-eaten by lizards – with police claiming she had hanged herself. Elise’s devastated mother Michele […]

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Thailand: Expat killed in bee attack

An Australian expat has died after being stung by hundreds of bees in Phayao province. pattayone.news – Peter John William, 64, died on Saturday after being stung by bees that were reportedly disturbed by villagers who were cooking food close to where the nest was located. Witnesses described how smoke from a grill which was […]

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Thailand: Fake Tourist Bus Scania involved in deadly crash

scandasia.com/ Scania Siam Co., Ltd. in Thailand issued a letter regarding ‘The fact of the tourist bus accident at Prachin Buri, Thailand’, first expressing their deepest sorry for the loss in the double-decker coach accident that killed two students and four teachers and injuring 44 others at Na di district of Prachin Buri. “The news […]

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Thailand: Australian tourist killed in jet-ski collision with partner

AN AUSTRALIAN woman has been killed in a jet-ski collision with her partner in waters off the Thai tourist island of Phuket.Emily Jayne Collie, 20, suffered severe neck and shoulder injuries in the crash near Kata Beach late on Sunday afternoon, Thai media reports. Read Article

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Thailand: Tourist From Australia Attacked by Elephant

phuketgazette.net reported an Australian tourist was hospitalized after he was attacked by an elephant chained to a tree inside a forest in Mai Khao. “Chan Yong Shun, 62, had gone for a walk in the area on Monday, when he came across the four-year-old elephant named Namwan and moved closer to take a picture,” said […]

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Thailand: U.S. expat english teacher victim of sexual assault

nytimes.com/RICK GLADSTONE reported it was supposed to be a relaxing break at a friendly southern Thailand beach resort for Hannah Gavios, an adventurous 23-year-old New Yorker on a three-day leave from her job teaching English in Vietnam. Within hours of her arrival last Thursday, the break turned into a nighttime sexual assault, by a Thai […]

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Thailand: British tourist found while on backpacking trip

British backpacker missing in Thailand ‘found’ Thai police say they have found Grace Taylor who alarmed her parents with a panicked phone call home / By Chiara Palazzo, and Philip Sherwell in Bangkok telegraph.co.uk reported British backpacker Grace Taylor has been found shortly after sparking an international search according to Thai tourist police. Sam Taylor, […]

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Thailand: 22 elderly expats detained for playing bridge, suspected of gambling

Unusual suspects: Two elderly Australians among tourist bridge players arrested in Thailand smh.com.au reported – Bangkok: Two Australians were among 32 aging Westerners arrested and detained for 12 hours for playing bridge in Pattaya, a Thai seaside resort city renowned for its seedy nightlife. More than 40 police, soldiers and local officials disrupted the genteel […]

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Tourist from UK killed in Thailand, trampled by elephant

telegraph.co.uk reported that images on camera of Briton killed by elephant in Thailand used as evidence against handler Mahout of elephant that trampled Gareth Crowe charged with negligence as animal rights campaigners call for an end to use of animals in tourism trade. The handler of a marauding elephant that trampled a British tourist to […]

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