07/08/2014

Four Men 'Admit Killing' British Students In Malaysia

The two British men killed in Malaysia have been named as Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger.

The men, both aged 22, were medical students at Newcastle University.

The Foreign Office reported on Wednesday that two Britons had been killed in an incident in Borneo.

New reports have suggested that four men arrested by local authorities in Borneo, have "admitted their crime".

Details surrounding the men's deaths are not yet clear, with more information to come, the Foreign Office has said.

(MH/JP)

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