22-year-old Ugandan tourist drowns in Phuket villa pool

A 22-year-old Ugandan tourist drowned in the swimming pool of a luxury villa in Phuket’s Kamala area early on 23 July, police said.

Kamala police received a report from emergency responders at about 5.15am that a foreign tourist had drowned in a private villa pool in Kathu district. The supplied report identified the victim as a Ugandan national aged 22.