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Remains found a in shallow grave in south-west Brisbane may belong to missing South Korean man Min Tae Kim, police said on Thursday. | |
Detective inspector Rod Kemp said two men and one woman were arrested on Wednesday night over the disappearance of 28-year-old Kim. | |
Police enquiries led them to a shallow grave in the suburb of Algester on Thursday morning. | |
Kemp said blood was found near the site, where forensics officers were preparing to exhume the contents. | |
"It could be a dog, we do have fears that is human though and it is the missing person," Kemp said. | |
Kim, 28, was last seen by his housemates at their Cannon Hill home about 2.45pm local time on Monday. | |
He had gone out to exchange $15,000 cash into South Korean won with an unknown person he had contacted through the Gumtree website, but never returned home. | |
His disappearance comes less than a month after 22-year-old South Korean woman Eunji Ban was murdered in a CBD park on her way to work. | |
Kemp said it would be shocking if Kim proved to be the second Korean murdered in Brisbane in such a short time. | |
"If it is and if he has been brutally murdered, it's a shocking thing for us," he said. | |
Kemp said there was no reason for Koreans to be particularly vulnerable, but he warned international students to be aware they could be targeted by criminals. | |
"Obviously it's a strange environment for them, they can be seen as a soft target at times," he said. | |
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