Afghanistan, June 30 -- A 17-year-old Thai girl was allegedly killed by an Australian tourist after meeting him in the resort city of Pattaya, police said, in a case that has shocked Thailand and renewed concerns about the safety of young women in the country's tourism hubs.
Thai police said the teenager met 55-year-old Australian national Simon Peter Carmen on a Pattaya beach on Wednesday night before accompanying him to his apartment. Investigators allege that he strangled the girl during the early hours of Thursday following an argument.
The victim's body was discovered two days later inside a large suitcase abandoned in tall grass near a railway line, not far from the beach. Thai immigration police arrested Carmen at Bangkok's Suvarna...