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Remains found on Phuket prove to be that of kidnapped Russian tourist

Russian citizens Yana Strizheus and Alexei Slabinsky, who were renting a house on Phuket and had been living there for almost a year, went missing March 7
Police officers at Phuket (archive) AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong
Police officers at Phuket (archive)
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BANGKOK, April 14. /ITAR-TASS/. The remains found in the jungle on Thailand’s Phuket island belong to Russian Alexei Slabinsky. Forensic experts draw this conclusion after a DNA test, local police representative Arun Keiworti told journalists on Monday.

He added that the identity of the murdered was also confirmed upon image of his denture taken earlier in one of Phuket’s hospitals, where Slabinsky sought dental aid.