2 BRITISH MEDICAL STUDENTS,STABBED TO DEATH IN MALAYSIA FOR MAKING TOO MUCH NOISE?.

Fourth-year students Aidan Brunger (pictured) and Neil Dalton, both 22, have been killed while on attachment to a hospital in Kuching, on the Malaysian part of Borneo island

Reports from the island claim the Britons were attacked and killed in the street by a gang of four local men after a row in a bar in Kuching

22 year old Neil Dalton ad 22 year old Aidan Brunger,both fourth year medical students were both stabbed to death while on attachment to a hospital in Kuching on the Malaysian part of Borneo Island.They were attacked and killed in the street by a gang of four local men,following an arguement in a bar in Kuching over the students being too noisy.The Newcastle University acting Vice Chancellor Professor Tony Steveson 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.The two students 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 ad 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 U.K''.Police in Sarawak have said four suspects are in custody following the attack on the two Britons in the early hours of today Wednesday..The Britons had been due to finish their training at the local hospital this coming friday.More photos below. 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