Young Brits murdered on way back to Borneo hostel
Two British medical students have been murdered in Borneo after reportedly being attacked by a local gang on the way back to their backpackers hostel.
Reports said the 22-year-olds were fourth-year medical students from Newcastle University on a six-week placement at the general hospital in Kuching.
They were found lying on the road several metres apart with serious stab wounds.
Sarawak’s Deputy Commissioner of Police said both groups had been drinking at different pubs in Kuching earlier before coming across each other.
The Malaysian Chronicle reported that police arrested three of four suspects at their homes and seized a car, a knife and other exhibits to assist in the investigation.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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