Two Newcastle University medical students have been stabbed to death while on a work placement in Malaysia.
Fourth-year students Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger, both 22, were on the Malaysian part of the island on attachment to a hospital in Kuching on Borneo island.
Reports from the island claim the Britons were attacked and killed in the street by a gang of four local men following an argument in a bar in Kuching over the students being too noisy.
Fourth-year students Aidan Brunger (left) and Neil Dalton (right) both 22, have been killed in Malaysia while on attachment to a hospital in Kuching, on Borneo island
The two students were on a six week placement in Malaysia along with five other medical students at the time of the attack. Pictured is Neil Dalton
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The Foreign Office said it was aware of the deaths and was providing consular assistance to the men's families. Pictured is Aidan Brunger
Newcastle University's acting vice-chancellor Professor Tony Stevenson said in a statement: 'We were informed this morning of the very sad news that two of our fourth year medical students working at a hospital in Kuching, Borneo, have been tragically killed.
'Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger, both 22, were on a six week work placement along with five other medical students to put the skills they had learnt during their time here at the University into practice.
'This has come as a huge shock to us all and our thoughts are with their families and friends at this very difficult time.
'Two of our members of staff are flying out to Kuching as soon as possible and we are working closely with the British High Commissioner to support the other students and to co-ordinate their return to the UK.'
The students were reportedly confronted by a group of drunken men in Abell Road in the city of Kuching
Sarawak deputy police commissioner Datuk Dr Chai Khin Chung told the agency the fight broke out after an argument in a bar over the students being too noisy.
He added that the Britons had been due to finish their training at the local hospital on Friday and the four suspects are in custody.
The two students were understood to have been staying near the Green Hill Road area of Kuching, where a dorm in a hostel can cost as little as £4.
A woman who answered the phone at the Singgahsana Lodge backpackers hostel said they checked in on July 27 and were due to check out tomorrow.
A professor at the Sarawak General Hospital - where it is thought they were studying - said the attack was 'not a random crime'.
Michael Smile, Adjunct Professor of Medicine, said the men were pounced on by four locals who chased them down in a car following a drink-fuelled argument.
Writing on a Facebook page called 'Elective Students of Sarawak General Hospital', he said: 'I am sure by now all of you would have heard about the tragic deaths of two of your colleagues/friends.
'Some of you have messaged me expressing anxiety and concern about your safety.
'If any one needs counseling, etc please let me, Dr Wong Jin Shyan or one of the physicians in the hospital know and we can see about hopefully providing this.
Source: the dailymail
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