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    21 June 2012| last updated at 12:31PM

    Australian killed in Thai robbery



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    BANGKOK: An Australian woman has been stabbed to death in an attempted bag snatch on the Thai resort island of Phuket, police said Thursday.

    Michelle Elizabeth Smith, 59, suffered a knife wound to her chest after two  men on a motorcycle tried to rob her late Wednesday near her hotel in Phuket  town, the authorities said.

    She was part of a group of tour operators visiting the island. One of her  travel companions was hospitalised after suffering a cut to her arm.

    “Police are compiling evidence, such as closed-circuit television footage,  in which we can see the attackers’ faces clearly, to seek court arrest  warrants,” a Phuket police officer who declined to be named said by telephone.

    The death is another blow to Thailand’s tourist-friendly image, coming less  than a week after two Canadian sisters were found dead in their hotel room on  nearby Phi Phi island, showing signs of an extreme toxic reaction.

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