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| Thailand deaths: Police have 'number of suspects' | Thailand deaths: Police have 'number of suspects' |
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| Police investigating the deaths of two Britons in Thailand say they are looking for a number of suspects - but have ruled out other British tourists. | Police investigating the deaths of two Britons in Thailand say they are looking for a number of suspects - but have ruled out other British tourists. |
| Thai police previously said they wanted to speak to a British friend of David Miller, 24, and Hannah Witheridge, 23. | Thai police previously said they wanted to speak to a British friend of David Miller, 24, and Hannah Witheridge, 23. |
| The pair were found dead on a beach in Koh Tao on Monday, having suffered serious injuries in an attack. | The pair were found dead on a beach in Koh Tao on Monday, having suffered serious injuries in an attack. |
| Police said they were now focussing their investigation on the Burmese migrant worker community on the island. | Police said they were now focussing their investigation on the Burmese migrant worker community on the island. |
| Mr Miller, from Jersey, and Ms Witheridge, from Norfolk, were found close to the beach-side bungalows where they had been staying. | |
| A garden hoe believed to have been used in the attack was found nearby. | |
| BBC south-east Asia correspondent Jonathan Head said the bodies had been taken to the capital, Bangkok, for forensic analysis before being returned to their families. | |
| He said police reinforcements had arrived on the island to help with the investigation, along with a consular official from the British Embassy. | |
| Thailand attracts more than 850,000 British and Irish tourists each year, and the UK Foreign Office says 11 British nationals have been murdered in the country since January 2009. | |
| It warns that Western tourists have been victims of "vicious, unprovoked attacks by gangs" on the nearby island of Koh Phangan but there are no specific warnings for Koh Tao, which is a popular tourist destination. | |
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