Two Burmese men have confessed to the murders of British backpackers Hannah Witheridge and David Miller in Thailand, police have said.
Mr Miller, 24, from Jersey, died from drowning and a blow to the head, while Miss Witheridge, 23, from Great Yarmouth, died from head wounds on Sairee beach last month.
Their semi-naked bodies were found on the southern island of Koh Tao, near where they were staying, in the early hours of September 15.
A garden hoe with Miss Witheridge's blood on it was discovered nearby, and investigators have been searching for a blunt metal object used on Mr Miller.
Police Maj. Gen. Kiattipong Khawsamang said three Burmese workers were detained and questioned and two admitted murdering Ms Witheridge and Mr Miller.
He said the other worker denied involvement in the attack on the island, renowned for quiet beaches and popular diving sites.
"We are interrogating them. So far, accounts from the two men matched and they confessed they killed the tourists," Kiattipong said by telephone.
Another police officer overseeing the case, Lt. Gen. Jaktip Chaijinda, said police will wait for the results of DNA tests from the suspects to see if they match samples taken from Witheridge's body.
"We will wait until the results of the DNA tests come in before making an arrest," Jaktip said.
Thai police have searched for clues and collected DNA samples from more than 100 men on the island in the Gulf of Thailand.
Thursday's development came as the Phuket Gazette reported a Koh Tao taxi driver had accused police of trying to bribe him into giving a false testimony to frame members of a Thai football team whose DNA samples were also collected for tests.
Police had originally said they believed three men were involved in the attack.
On Wednesday, they revealed Miss Witheridge had been raped by her two killers, while a third man watched.
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Gallery: Thailand Beach Murders
The family of Hannah Witheridge in Thailand. Miss Witheridge was killed alongside David Miller on a beach on Koh Tao
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Police outside the Ware family home on Jersey. Christopher and James Ware, who were childhood friends of Mr Miller, have been questioned in Thailand as part of the investigation
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The pair suffered "gruesome" injuries, according to police
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The victims were staying in this hotel
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Thai police at the scene of the beach attack
Two different semen samples were collected from her body.
Almost three weeks after the deaths police also announced they were offering a reward of more than £13,000 (700,000 baht) in an effort to catch the killers.
Thai authorities have been concerned the killings could lead to a further slump in tourism which has never recovered since the bloody protests on the streets of Bangkok that preceded a military coup in May.
On Tuesday, the country's tourism minister Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul announced plans to issue tourists with wristbands in the wake of the murders to help identify those who run into trouble.
Party curfews and restrictions on where they can be held are also being considered, as well as the idea of introducing a "buddy system" - pairing tourists with a local minder.
"The next step would be some sort of electronic tracking device, but this has not yet been discussed in detail," said the minister.
However, the Phuket Gazette reported the wristband idea had been dismissed by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.
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