Britons shot dead near bridge over River Kwai

Britons shot dead near bridge over River Kwai: “A gunman has shot dead a British couple near the famed ‘Bridge on the River Kwai’, a popular tourist site in western Thailand, police say.

The couple got into a noisy argument at a small restaurant near Kanchanaburi, 125 km (80 miles) west of Bangkok, in the early hours of Thursday, police said.

The man who shot them tried to mediate, then got into a loud argument with the couple himself before pulling out a gun and pumping three bullets into the woman and two into the man, Police Major Chavalit Piakaew told Reuters.”