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BANGKOK: Thai police have arrested an Australian man after the body of a 17-year-old girl was discovered in a suitcase, authorities said on Saturday.
The suspect, who denies involvement in the teenager’s alleged abduction and murder, was taken into custody after an interrogation, a police official in the resort city of Pattaya said.
Investigators were awaiting the results of a post-mortem examination and “other evidence” in the case before filing charges, the official said. The charges could include child abduction, murder, hiding a corpse and “abduction of a minor for sexual purposes”, added the official.
Media reports said the 46-year-old suspect was apprehended on Friday at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, where he was trying to purchase an airline ticket to Perth in Australia.
