Canadian, American tourists die after attending Phuket music festival


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BANGKOK: Two tourists, a Canadian and an American, collapsed while attending an electronic dance music (EDC) festival in Phuket on Saturday (Jan 18) night and were pronounced dead later at hospital, police said.

According to Pol Capt Kraisorn Boonprasop at Thalang police station, Sharfaraz Maqbul Ahmed, 28, a Canadian citizen, was found unconscious at the EDC Thailand 2025 festival at Boat Avenue Lakefront in Tambon Choeng Thalae of Muang district.

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