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Body of missing British backpacker Aslan King found in Australia
- The 25-year-old is believed to have had a seizure, hit his head and then suddenly got up and ran from the area into the surrounding bushland
- Search efforts lasted four days and included mounted police and police aircraft, specialist bushwalking teams, sniffer dogs and volunteers
Australian police searched for Aslan King for four days. Photo: EPA
Australian police said on Tuesday that they have found the body of a British backpacker who ran away from his campsite last weekend.
Aslan King’s body was found on Tuesday morning in a creek close to the campground and was identified by friends, said Sergeant Danny Brown of the Victoria State Police.
King was camping with four British friends in the Victorian town of Princetown about three hours from Melbourne along Australia’s southeast coast when he disappeared at around 2am on Saturday. Brown said police believe the 25-year-old had a seizure and hit his head and then suddenly got up and ran from the area into the surrounding bushland.
Aslan King. Photo: Twitter / Graham Cullis
The search effort lasted four days and included mounted police and police aircraft, specialist bushwalking teams, sniffer dogs and volunteers. It was scaled down overnight but was resumed again on Tuesday morning.
The campground, close to tourist attraction Twelve Apostles, is close to the ocean and the area is marked by rocky clifftops and thick vegetation.
Additional reporting by Agence France-Presse