Briton killed and another injured in ‘sickle’ attack in Thailand

Marcus Evans named as victim and second man taken to hospital following incident in Kanchanaburi

A British man who died in Thailand is believed to have been the victim of an assault involving a sickle.

Marcus Evans, 49, from Berrow, near Burnham-on-Sea, in Somerset, was killed in the early hours of Saturday in Kanchanaburi province, in the west of the country. A second British man was taken to hospital after the incident.