Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Thai suspect in Swedish tourist murder surrenders

A Thai man suspected of killing a Swedish tourist on the southern resort island of Phuket has surrendered to police after a tree-day manhunt, police on Wednesday.
Hanna Charlotta Backlund,27,was found stabbed to death on Saturday near her bungalow on Mai Khao beach in northern Phuket where she had gone for a walk.
''Initially I just wanted to rape her,'' a handcuffed Akaradech Tangae said with a smile as he was brought to Phuket police headquarters on Wednesday.''But she resisted and I had to kill her,'' said the 31-year-old labourer who surrendered to police on Tuesday.

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