Woman arrested on charge of killing Finnish man in Thailand

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A woman suspected of stabbing a 64-year-old Finnish man to death in Pattaya has been arrested in Thailand.
      According to the Finnish tabloid Ilta-Sanomat, the woman, aged 27, was recognised in the CCTV images recorded on the premises where the killing took place, in a Pattaya condo hotel.
     
The police believe that they will soon be able to arrest the suspect’s accomplice, a 26-year-old Thai man, who is the woman’s regular companion.
      The Finnish man lived in Pattaya with his Thai wife, and he was killed in his residence on the night between Monday and Tuesday. At the time of the stabbing the wife was in Bangkok.
     
According to reports from Thai police quoted in a local newspaper, the victim had had dealings with the young woman before.
      He had also made an official report to police after the woman, described as a bar worker, had stolen money, a mobile phone, and a digital camera from him, but he had withdrawn all the accusations at a later date.
      The motive for the killing is believed to have been robbery: apparently the pair left the scene with a mobile phone and about 3,000 baht (roughly EUR 60) in cash.


Previously in HS International Edition:
  Finnish man stabbed to death in Pattaya, Thailand (26.3.2008)
  Increasing number of Finns fall victims of crime abroad (27.3.2008)

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