Tourists on alert in Bangkok

Tourists on alert in Bangkok

BANGKOK (AFP): Signs have been placed around Bangkok's international airport warning tourists of the dangers of rogue taxi drivers following the murders of six foreign tourists, officials said on Sunday.

The large signs urge visitors to take only licensed taxis from designated areas at the terminal where the six tourists were allegedly abducted and later killed over a period of 10 months.

Airport Authorities of Thailand spokeswoman Monrudee Gettuphan said: "We put smaller signs up a long time ago but they were not outstanding enough, so we came up with bigger, more eye-catching signs."

The murdered tourists are believed to have been lured into unmarked taxis by three gang members just after arriving at the airport. Their bodies were discovered with deep stab wounds.