An American soldier attending the annual Cobra Gold military exercise in Thailand was found dead in the bathroom at an army camp in Lop Buri province, north of Bangkok, yesterday at 9.40am.
Officers from Mueang Lop Buri Police Station travelled to the 31st Infantry Regiment to find the soldier deceased in the bathroom in a pool of blood. There was a wound on his head.
Police revealed no further details about the soldier’s identity or suspected cause of death. Thai media reports that it is possible that the soldier slipped in the bathroom but this waiting to be confirmed with autopsy results.
Cobra Gold is the largest joint military exercise in Asia, with troops from 30 countries joining this year.
The 42nd iteration of Exercise Cobra Gold started on Tuesday and will run…
