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Briton killed, compatriot badly hurt in knife attack

Police and forensic officers inspect the crime scene in Muang district of Kanchanaburi following a knife attack on two British men. (Photo: Pithakkan Foundation)

A Briton was brutally killed, and his compatriot badly hurt in a knife attack in front of a rented house in Muang district of Kanchanaburi province in the early hours of Saturday, police said.

The fatal attack occurred in tambon Tha Makham at 3.55am, Thai media reported on Saturday.

Pol Col Somkiart Chomchai, chief of Muang police station in Kanchanaburi, led a team of police, forensic officers, tourist police and a doctor to the crime scene.

The dead Briton, 49, whose name was withheld pending notification of relatives, was found dead lying face down in a pool of blood with knife wounds to his neck near a marble chair in front of the…

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