Two men have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping a 19-year-old British backpacker in western Thailand.
The teenager is understood to have returned to the UK following the alleged attack earlier this week.
Before leaving Thailand, she told local police she had been grabbed by a gang of bikers in the Kanchanaburi district, a popular tourist area 76 miles west of Bangkok, as she walked to a shop alone at 1.30 am on Tuesday morning.
She said the men then raped her and stole her valuables before dumping her body in a market.
Today, local media reported the commander of the provincial police force saying two men had been arrested following examination of CCTV footage from the area.
"The foreign tourist was indeed lured and raped by a group of teenagers as the media has reported," Pol.Maj.Gen. Kamolsanti told Khaosod, adding that the suspects took advantage of her while she was ‘intoxicated’.
Kamolsanti said two men have been identified as the perpetrators and are under arrest. "The arrested suspects confessed to the accusation. Officers are prosecuting them in accordance with the laws," he added.
The alleged attack comes eight months after British backpackers David Miller, 24, and Hannah Witheridge, 23, were murdered on a Thai beach.
The UK Foreign Office said it was investigating the latest incident.
Kanchanaburi district is popular with tourists for its WWII prison of war camps, made famous by the movie ‘Bridge Over the River Kwai’.
