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Body of Amelia Bambridge found in sea off Cambodia Body of Amelia Bambridge found in sea off Cambodia
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The body of the British backpacker Amelia Bambridge has been found at sea more than 30 miles from where she disappeared, according to Cambodian police. The body of the British backpacker Amelia Bambridge has been found at sea more than 30 miles (48km) from where she disappeared, according to Cambodian police.
The 21-year-old gap year student from Worthing, West Sussex, had been missing since last Thursday morning after leaving a beach party on the popular tourist island of Koh Rong. The 21-year-old gap year student from Worthing, West Sussex, had been missing since last Thursday morning after leaving a beach party on the island of Koh Rong. Her body was found floating in the sea near the Thai border, police said.
Her body was found floating in the sea near the Thai border, police told AFP. Chuon Narin, the police chief of the province of Preah Sihanouk, confirmed Bambridge’s body had been found and said it would be taken to nearby Sihanoukville. He refused to speculate as to the possible cause of her death.
Chuon Narin, police chief of Preah Sihanouk province, said: “We found the body of the missing British woman,” adding it would be taken to nearby Sihanoukville and refusing to speculate on the cause of her death. The Facebook page of Cambodia’s deputy naval chief also confirmed the discovery, according to Reuters.
The Facebook page of the Cambodia’s deputy naval chief also confirmed the discovery, according to Reuters. Local police had previously suspected Bambridge might have drowned, and they had been focusing their search on the coast and sea after her backpack – containing her purse, phone and bank cards – was found on the beach near where she was last seen.
Local police had previously suspected that the backpacker might have drowned, and they had been focusing their search on the coast and sea after Amelia’s backpack – containing her purse, phone and bank cards – was found on the beach near where she was last seen. Members of the backpacker’s family had gone to the island to look for her. Bambridge, who was travelling on her own for the first time, was last seen at a beach party at 3am on 24 October.
Members of her family had travelled to the island to look for her. When she failed to check out of her hostel that day, a search operation began involving more than 100 members of the police, army and navy, as well as Bambridge’s relatives.
Bambridge, who was travelling on her own for the first time, was last seen at a beach party on Koh Rong island at 3am on 24 October. Six men were questioned by police on Wednesday in connection with her disappearance.
When she failed to check out of her hostel that day, a search operation involving more than 100 members of the police, army, navy and Bambridge’s relatives commenced.
Six men were questioned by local police on Wednesday in connection with the young woman’s disappearance.
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