Two Italian tourists aged 18
and 20 who were arrested last week in Thailand for offending the
Thai flag will be back in Italy on Wednesday, Italian Senator
Karl Zeller said Monday, citing Foreign Ministry Undersecretary
Benedetto Della Vedova.
The pair, Tobias Gamper and Ian Gerstgrasser, from the
northern Alto Adige region, will be transferred to Bangkok on
Monday and board a flight for Italy Tuesday, Zeller said.
They were arrested last Monday in Krabi, southern Thailand,
for pulling down several national flags from the awnings of some
shops in Krabi and throwing them to the ground.
The Italians apologized for their actions and said they were
drunk after spending all night in a pub.
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