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A SEARCH abandoned at 11.30pm on Wednesday resumed Thursday at first light for missing Russian Pavel Mironov, 27, after he walked into the sea following an argument with Inna Tsyrenova, 31. The pair arrived on Phuket earlier that day.
Original Report
PHUKET: A Russian man is missing, feared drowned, after he appears to have walked drunkenly into the sea at a beach on Phuket and vanished following a row with his girlfriend.
The woman, aged in her mid-20s, was on a small Phuket beach, north of the more popular Patong beach, late tonight as would-be rescuers searched the water in the dark.
The couple had been drinking and rowed, officers from Patong's Kathu Police Station were able to glean from the woman via sign language.
The man walked into the sea wearing a backpack and the backpack has since been found.
Although there were scores of people at the small beach hoping for a successful rescue tonight, nobody spoke Russian and Thai so no translation could be made of the night's sad events.
The couple were staying in Patong, the officers managed to learn.
Alcohol is often a factor in drownings on Phuket.
German Frank Retsh, 34, drowned at Phuket's Nai Harn beach on October 8, a day when red warning flags were flying.
Ed why have you tried so hard not to name the beach?
I hope they find the missing man fast asleep under a tree.
Posted by Tbs on October 15, 2014 23:51