The body of a 28-year-old Belgian believed to have drowned while swimming has been found washed up on a beach in the southwest of Thailand. The Belgian Foreign Ministry has confirmed that the Belgian’s death was accidental. According to local media, the body found on the beach is that of Allan Luvovadio Deraut, a hairdresser and amateur footballer from the Charleroi area in Hainaut Province.
A search operation was launched on Saturday after the 28-year-old went missing after going swimming in the sea off Freedom Beach, in Thailand's Phuket province. According to local media, a British woman and a man from Yemen who went swimming were rescued from the water. Other sources say that only a woman was able to be rescued.
Early on Monday morning, the body of the 28-year-old Belgian was found washed up on the beach. The Belgian Foreign Ministry confirms that Allan Luvovadio Deraut’s death was accidental but gave no further details. His family shared on social media the message that he had drowned. There is currently stormy weather on Thailand’s west coast that has been caused by the annual monsoon.