A 20-year-old German woman died and her friend was injured after they were stung by box jellyfish while swimming at a beach on Koh Samui in Surat Thani on Tuesday night, police said yesterday.
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A 20-year-old German woman died and her friend was injured after they were stung by box jellyfish while swimming at a beach on Koh Samui in Surat Thani on Tuesday night, police said yesterday.
Saskia Thies and her friend Giovana Rassi, also 20, were taken to Bangkok Samui Hospital after receiving first aid for the jellyfish attack. Thies succumbed to her injuries hours later.
It was the second deadly box jellyfish attack in Surat Thani this year.
Chayanan Surin, a 31-year-old woman from Bangkok, was stung and killed by a box jellyfish while swimming in the ocean at night during a full moon party on Koh Phangan in Surat Thani in early August.
According to police, the latest box jellyfish attack took place about 8pm on Tuesday when the two women went swimming at Lamai beach in tambon Mared.
Staff of the resort where they stayed heard loud screams from the beach and rushed to find the tourists who had suffered stings on their bodies. They called an ambulance and gave first aid to the victims by pouring vinegar onto the wounds.