PHUKET, Thailand – Phuket police have recovered the body of a Moroccan tourist who was swept away while swimming at Karon Beach. Ezzakani Othmane, 25, was found on Kata Noi Beach at about 6am on 16 September, two days after he disappeared in the sea off Karon.

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Police were alerted by the Karon Police Station radio centre to the discovery of a foreign man’s body on the beach at Kata Noi, in Karon subdistrict, Mueang Phuket district. Lt Col Ekkasak Khwanwan, an investigator at Karon Police Station, informed station superintendent Col Pathee Srichai before going to inspect the scene. Officers found the body of a foreign man lying on the shore, wearing black shorts, initially believed to be the tourist who had gone missing at Karon Beach on 14 September. Investigators contacted a friend of the missing man, who travelled to the scene and confirmed that the body was that of Othmane.

The #Moroccan tourist who went missing off Karon Beach in Phuket on Monday has been found #dead nearby Kata Noi Beach.

Thai authorities found the body at around 6 a.m. local time on September 16. The victim’s friend, 22-year-old Mohamed Bourhim, whom lifeguards rescued from the… pic.twitter.com/Ya7HavdAtS

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The incident began at about 6.40pm on 14 September, when two Moroccan tourists got into difficulty in the water at Karon Beach. Lifeguards and officials were able to bring Mohamed Bourhim, 22, safely ashore, but his friend Othmane was swept away by the current and could not be found. Authorities continued their search until the body was located at Kata Noi Beach, also within Karon subdistrict.

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Police will arrange a post-mortem examination in line with legal procedures and will contact the Moroccan Embassy so that Othmane’s relatives can make arrangements for his body to be collected.

-Thailand News (TN)