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Friday, June 16, 2000
Robbers stab German resident to death
CHANTABURI (AFP): A 52-year-old German man was stabbed to death
in a bungled robbery in eastern Thailand yesterday.
One of the three men suspected of killing him has been shot dead,
police said.
Dieter Meyer, from Frankfurt, was found dead early yesterday in
the Kitchakud district of Chantaburi Province, Pol Lt Komon Cholcheep
said. He had been stabbed five times.
After his body was found, police received a tip about the identity
of his three attackers, with whom Meyer had earlier been seen
drinking.
One of the suspects was shot dead by police during a pursuit.
The other two suspects, who denied the charges but admitted they
were present at the crime scene, were arrested.
Police said Meyer had been living in Kitchakud for a year with
his Thai girlfriend. An undisclosed sum of cash was found missing
from his home, along with a gold necklace.
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