Spanish film stars’ son arrested over murder of surgeon on Thai island

A Thai police officer escorts Daniel Sancho Bronchalo (Somkeat Ruksaman/AP)

The son of two Spanish film stars has been arrested in Thailand on suspicion of murdering and dismembering a Colombian surgeon on a tourist island.

Daniel Sancho Bronchalo was taken from Koh Phagnan, where the remains of Edwin Arrieta Arteaga were found, to the island of Samui where he is being held, Surat Thani provincial police commander Saranyu Chamnanrat said on Tuesday.