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Mon, 06/22/2009 - 21:57
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Cameroonian footballer drowns at Prachuab
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN, June 22 (TNA) – A Cameroonian footballer was found dead on Monday morning in the southern resort province of Prachuap Khiri Khan, some 300 kilometres southwest of Bangkok on the Gulf of Thailand.
Elias Yannick, 21, was presumed drowned in Ao Bo Thonglang beach in Bang Saphan District. He was discovered in a sports outfit with cuts and scratches on his face.
According to the initial investigation, the victim came to Thailand to join a Thai university team from Pathum Thani province in Division 2.
On Sunday evening, Mr. Yannick participated in a friendship football match at Dongmaingam School’s field. He later went to swim at the beach using a float and then disappeared while swimming. During the evening more than a dozen of the victim’s Thai friends and local officials searched for his body until it was found the next morning.
Cameroon has no embassy in Bangkok, but the authorities will contact the embassy handling Camerounian interests in Thailand to collect his body. (TNA)
Elias Yannick, 21, was presumed drowned in Ao Bo Thonglang beach in Bang Saphan District. He was discovered in a sports outfit with cuts and scratches on his face.
According to the initial investigation, the victim came to Thailand to join a Thai university team from Pathum Thani province in Division 2.
On Sunday evening, Mr. Yannick participated in a friendship football match at Dongmaingam School’s field. He later went to swim at the beach using a float and then disappeared while swimming. During the evening more than a dozen of the victim’s Thai friends and local officials searched for his body until it was found the next morning.
Cameroon has no embassy in Bangkok, but the authorities will contact the embassy handling Camerounian interests in Thailand to collect his body. (TNA)
