Three Myanmar migrants are being questioned by police in Thailand in connection with the murder of two young British tourists.<br /><br />The pair’s naked bodies were found on a beach in the small island of Koh Tao on Monday. Officials say their injuries indicate that they’d been beaten to death.<br /><br />The friends had arrived in Thailand last month and had been seen partying at a bar not far from the beach hours before their death.<br /><br />Police also say they want to speak to a possible friend of the victims who left the island hours after their death.<br /><br />British officials say Western tourists have previously been victims of gang attacks on a nearby island.<br /><br />A candlelit vigil was held on Monday evening at the beach close to where the bodies were found. About 100 people gathered to pray for the victims and their families.<br /><br />On Tuesday morning, the tourists’ bodies were transferred to the Thai capital Bangkok for autopsy.
