A young man has been found dead in a hotel room in Thailand just hours before he was due to fly home, marking the third Aussie to die on the island in a week.
Shocked housekeeping staff found the lifeless body of Ahmad Akouch, 21, in his room at The Rubber Hotel on the holiday island of Phuket on Wednesday morning.
The western Sydney man was found sprawled out on the bed wearing a T-shirt, shorts, and socks, with his phone on his chest, surrounded by bottles of water.
His left elbow and wrist were bandaged due to injuries reportedly sustained in a recent motorbike accident, his friends told authorities.
There were no signs of forced entry or struggle, and no visible injuries that suggested foul play, according to police.
Mr Akouch checked into the hotel on Sunday and was due to fly home on Thursday, according to local media reports.
His Australian passport stated that he was born in Bhanin, India.
Mr Akouch’s body was taken to Vachira Phuket Hospital for a post-mortem.
An Aussie tourist was found dead in his hotel room in Phuket on Wednesday (pictured)
Ahmad Akouch, 21, was found with his iPhone on his chest and surrounded by bottles of water
Mr Akouch had been staying at The Rubber Hotel on the holiday island of Phuket
His cause of death is yet to be determined and investigations are ongoing.
The Australian Consulate in Phuket has been notified.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted DFAT for comment.
The Rubber Hotel is a four-star hotel, described as an ideal lodging place in the heart of the Thalang district.
Rooms at the hotel start from $A41 per night.
Mr Akouch is the third Australian man to die in Thailand in the last week.
Kevin Steven Correll, 69, died in a Patong hotel room in Phuket last Friday.
He was long regarded as the prime suspect in the cold case murder of car saleswoman Rachelle Childs, 23, whose naked and partially burned body was found dumped in bushland near Gerroa on the NSW South Coast in June 2001.
Rooms start from $A41 per night at the four stay hotel. Pictured is one of the swimming pools
Local police have described Correll’s death as ‘a mystery’.
Michael Shane Caola, 54, from Perth, was found face down in a pool of blood in a room on the seventh floor of the Grand Shivalay unit complex in the beachside city of Pattaya last Thursday.
